Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2011
331 km²
Commune · KEN
Kenya
Species observed
272
Observations
783
Area
507km²
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Tissu écologique de Kisanana : 32 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
272 distinct species · 783 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 014mm
Warmest m°
29,5°C
Coldest m°
14,4°C
Elevation: 1 492 m on average (min 993 m, max 2 233 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
23,9g/kg
Clay
36,4%
Sand
37,8%
Silt
25,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: viGLiMaggregated to Mogotio
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
31,5km
Lake surface here
17,61km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 356km²
Discharge in basins
6,4m³/s
Mean precip.
922mm/an
Mean T°
18,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,47
Mean runoff
273mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 772m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
23,3%
Pesticides
1,3kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2011
331 km²
National Reserve · 1970
107 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2001
99 km²
Forest Reserve · 1941
97 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN