Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · tza
Lake Natron Basin
- Area
- 2 239 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2001
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2001
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
526 distinct species · 5 160 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Natron Basin : 12 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 14 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 2 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
24,4km
Lake surface here
855,46km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
16 235km²
Discharge in basins
90,2m³/s
Mean precip.
538mm/an
Mean T°
22,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,68
Mean runoff
73mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 028m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #41020sub-area1 334 km²overlap904.31 km²40%
- Bassin de Pinyinyisub-area317,1 km²overlap291.35 km²13%
- Bassin de Southern Ewaso Ng'irosub-area1 242,7 km²overlap277.37 km²12%
- Bassin de Samungesub-area1 778,4 km²overlap267.91 km²12%
- Basin #96890sub-area304,4 km²overlap254.75 km²11%
- Bassin de Pinyinyisub-area170,9 km²overlap132.15 km²6%
- Basin #98880sub-area86 km²overlap85.61 km²4%
- Basin #00740sub-area1 320,6 km²overlap8.26 km²0%
- Basin #00440sub-area6,4 km²overlap6.36 km²0%
Lakes (2, 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
- -2.40887, 35.98483
- 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.