Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ken
Lake Nakuru
- Area
- 190 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1990
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1990
- Managing authority
- Kenya Wildlife Service, Nakuru
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
931 distinct species · 155 426 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Nakuru : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology1 basins · 1 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
3,2km
Lake surface here
40,85km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
1 666km²
Discharge in basins
1,4m³/s
Mean precip.
904mm/an
Mean T°
15,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,42
Mean runoff
242mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 203m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (1, 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
- -0.39210, 36.08613
- 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.