Forest Reserve · ken
Mathews Range
- Area
- 970 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1956
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Reserve
- Established
- 1956
- Managing authority
- Kenya Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
742 distinct species · 6 248 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Mathews Range : 14 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
8,4km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
10 194km²
Discharge in basins
3,4m³/s
Mean precip.
581mm/an
Mean T°
21,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,71
Mean runoff
30mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 096m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Merille Riversub-area1 915,1 km²overlap251.05 km²26%
- Bassin de Serolevi Riversub-area466,4 km²overlap194.63 km²20%
- Bassin de Luggasub-area457,1 km²overlap192.22 km²20%
- Bassin de Luggasub-area806,9 km²overlap138.89 km²14%
- Bassin de Ngiresub-area488,6 km²overlap102.28 km²11%
- Bassin de Ewaso Nyirosub-area2 745,8 km²overlap48.92 km²5%
- Basin #17930sub-area312,5 km²overlap28.09 km²3%
- Bassin de Larisorasub-area936,5 km²overlap13.55 km²1%
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
- 1.21989, 37.31042
- 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.