Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ken
Lake Baringo
- Area
- 309 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 2002
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 2002
- Managing authority
- Baringo County Government
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
891 distinct species · 124 772 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Lake Baringo : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 2 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
27,2km
Lake surface here
125,07km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
6 604km²
Discharge in basins
31,3m³/s
Mean precip.
756mm/an
Mean T°
21,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,61
Mean runoff
189mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 430m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mukutansub-area1 540,1 km²overlap121.06 km²39%
- Bassin de Chemeronsub-area622,8 km²overlap91.28 km²30%
- Bassin de Old Molo Riversub-area83 km²overlap42.02 km²14%
- Bassin de Nguserosub-area548,4 km²overlap23.25 km²8%
- Bassin de Molosub-area945,3 km²overlap20.07 km²6%
- Bassin de Perkerrasub-area1 453,5 km²overlap11.58 km²4%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 0.59982, 36.07970
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.