National Reserve · ken
Masai Mara
- Area
- 1 511 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1974
Overview
- Designation
- National Reserve
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1974
- Managing authority
- Kenya Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 872 distinct species · 323 538 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 7 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 Masai Mara : 7 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 5 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 23.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 0 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
171,1km
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
9 356km²
Discharge in basins
33,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 032mm/an
Mean T°
18,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,38
Mean runoff
138mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 713m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Marasub-area420,4 km²overlap418.04 km²28%
- Bassin de Sand Riversub-area1 835,2 km²overlap340.68 km²23%
- Bassin de Marasub-area1 010,1 km²overlap289.29 km²19%
- Bassin de Talek Riversub-area2 673,4 km²overlap264.90 km²18%
- Bassin de Marasub-area389,1 km²overlap184.28 km²12%
- Bassin de Marasub-area515,8 km²overlap12.01 km²1%
- Bassin de Marasub-area54,2 km²overlap1.90 km²0%
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Maraord 5len here59.08 km17%total341 km
- Sand Riverord 5len here37.87 km38%total99 km
- Talek riverord 4len here15.07 km96%total16 km
- Sekeraord 2len here14.80 km100%total15 km
- Olare Orokord 3len here14.50 km48%total30 km
- Ntiakitiak Riverord 2len here14.21 km35%total40 km
- Noongoirienitoord 1len here5.79 km99%total6 km
- Talek Riverord 4len here5.58 km12%total46 km
- Molibany Streamord 4len here4.23 km33%total13 km
- Sekenaniord 4len here≈ tangenttotal16 km
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
- -1.48554, 35.10645
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.