National Park · KEN
Mt. Kenya
- Area
- 593 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1968
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- Established
- 1968
- Managing authority
- Kenya Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 494 distinct species · 14 580 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 2 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 Mt. Kenya : 2 espèces reliées par 1 interaction GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 100.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology10 basins · 2 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
25,7km
Lake surface here
0,32km²
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
1
Max drainage
2 849km²
Discharge in basins
6,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 174mm/an
Mean T°
17,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,28
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
278mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 858m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Nanyukisub-area1 208,7 km²overlap155.14 km²26%
- Bassin de Maara Riversub-area1 938,9 km²overlap111.21 km²19%
- Bassin de Kazitasub-area1 845,7 km²overlap98.98 km²17%
- Bassin de Thiba Riversub-area2 030,6 km²overlap88.79 km²15%
- Bassin de Sagana Riversub-area512,9 km²overlap53.93 km²9%
- Bassin de Isiolosub-area937,9 km²overlap37.04 km²6%
- Bassin de Naro Morusub-area239,8 km²overlap34.88 km²6%
- Bassin de Burguretsub-area317,7 km²overlap7.14 km²1%
- Bassin de Ngare Ndaresub-area1 063,3 km²overlap5.78 km²1%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (2, top by area)
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
- -0.13166, 37.32195
- 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.