Ontologia

Ruisseau

Kiu River

Crosses 4 administrative regions : Kasarani, Kiambu, Roysambu, Ruiru

ruisseau

Total length

2km

Max discharge

0,2m³/s

Max Strahler

1

Segments matched

1

River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-10811718301887 km²

4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

  • Kiambu
    Kiambu · Kenya
    9.4 km
    in this dpt
  • Ruiru
    Kiambu · Kenya
    6.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Roysambu
    Nairobi · Kenya
    3.6 km
    in this dpt
  • Kasarani
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 1 HydroRIVERS v10 segment). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

349 distinct species · 1 557 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 37 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Kiu River : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
37
Interactions affichées
35
Connectance
0.053
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)

Total length

2km

Max discharge

0,2m³/s

Max Strahler

1

Segments matched

1

HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.