Kikuyu Escarpment
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1943
374 km²
Commune · KEN
Kenya
Species observed
364
Observations
2 394
Area
86,4km²
Sample of 24 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 Lari/Kirenga : 23 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.5%, 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).
364 distinct species · 2 394 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
14,9°C
Annual rain
1 090mm
Warmest m°
22,4°C
Coldest m°
8,3°C
Elevation: 2 252 m on average (min 1 816 m, max 2 391 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
41,8g/kg
Clay
38,0%
Sand
26,2%
Silt
35,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: viGLiMaggregated to Lari
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
10,5km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
1
Max drainage
3 657km²
Discharge in basins
0,2m³/s
Mean precip.
907mm/an
Mean T°
18,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,42
Mean runoff
129mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 721m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
3hab/km²
Night light
0,7nW
Built-up
251,6%
Pesticides
0,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Forest Reserve · 1943
374 km²
Forest Reserve · 1941
8 km²
Forest Reserve · 1941
1 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN