UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · UGA
Mount Elgon
- 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
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de River Giriksub-area2 721 km²overlap336.17 km²30%
- Bassin de Simusub-area1 726,6 km²overlap280.76 km²25%
- Bassin de Turkwelsub-area2 367,5 km²overlap223.77 km²20%
- Bassin de River Namatalasub-area2 379,6 km²overlap162.71 km²15%
- Bassin de Malaba Riversub-area2 248,5 km²overlap106.60 km²10%
- Bassin de Nzoia Riversub-area1 974,4 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Rivers / streams (6, 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
- 1.13087, 34.49756
- 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.