Kikuyu Escarpment
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1943
374 km²
Constituency · KEN
Limuru
Kenya
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(92 %)
Area
282,6km²
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Species present
Computing species observations from GBIF…
Climate
Mean T°
16,3°C
Annual rain
1 049mm
Warmest m°
24,0°C
Coldest m°
9,4°C
Elevation: 2 076 m on average (min 1 436 m, max 2 370 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
16,3°C
Annual rain
1 049mm
Warmest month
24,0°C
Coldest month
9,4°C
Mean alt.
2 076m
Min
1 436m
Max
2 370m
Std. dev.
214m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(92 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
36,9g/kg
Clay
40,2%
Sand
26,9%
Silt
32,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: viGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
46,7g/kg
Clay
40,0%
Sand
26,9%
Silt
33,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
34,1g/kg
Clay
39,5%
Sand
27,3%
Silt
33,3%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
30,0g/kg
Clay
41,1%
Sand
26,5%
Silt
32,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest24.0%
Crops30.3%
Built-up3.2%
Bare soil1.1%
Other (grassland, water…)41.4%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology
Computing basins, lakes, rivers…
Human pressure
Pop. density
4hab/km²
Night light
1,2nW
Built-up
323,3%
Pesticides
1,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN Not Reported · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN