Ontologia

Ruisseau· 2 segments

Mathare River

Crosses 10 administrative regions : Embakasi North, Embakasi West, Kabete, Kamukunji, Kasarani +5

ruisseau

Total length

10km

Max discharge

0,4m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

2

River geography10 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-10811718301887 km²

10 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

  • Westlands
    Nairobi · Kenya
    12.1 km
    in this dpt
  • Mathare
    Nairobi · Kenya
    3.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Embakasi North
    Nairobi · Kenya
    3.1 km
    in this dpt
  • Ruaraka
    Nairobi · Kenya
    1.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Roysambu
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.7 km
    in this dpt
  • Kamukunji
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.3 km
    in this dpt
  • Kabete
    Kiambu · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt
  • Embakasi West
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt
  • Kasarani
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt
  • Starehe
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt

1 intersecting protected areas

  • Karura

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 2 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

2 494 distinct species · 70 767 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Mathare River : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
24
Interactions affichées
22
Connectance
0.080
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)

Total length

10km

Max discharge

0,4m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

2

HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.