Ontologia

UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · UGA

Mount Elgon

IUCN Not Applicable1 110 km²Established 2005
Key facts
Area
1 110 km²
IUCN cat.
Not Applicable
Year
2005

Overview

Designation
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Established
2005
Managing authority
Not Reported

Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).

Species present

1 263 distinct species · 4 072 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 6 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Stream length here

80,8km

Basins crossed

6

Max stream order

2

Max drainage

10 235km²

Discharge in basins

5,8m³/s

Mean precip.

1 273mm/an

Mean T°

20,6°C

Moisture idx

-0,25

Max snow

1%

Mean runoff

163mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

1 504m

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid
1.13087, 34.49756
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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.