Ruisseau· 4 segments
Nairobi River
Crosses 10 administrative regions : Dagoretti North, Embakasi North, Embakasi West, Kamukunji, Kasarani +5
Total length
23km
Max discharge
0,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
4
River geography10 admin regions · 0 communes
10 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- KasaraniNairobi · Kenya4.7 kmin this dpt
- Embakasi WestNairobi · Kenya3.8 kmin this dpt
- StareheNairobi · Kenya2.9 kmin this dpt
- Embakasi NorthNairobi · Kenya2.5 kmin this dpt
- KamukunjiNairobi · Kenya2.0 kmin this dpt
- MakadaraNairobi · Kenya1.9 kmin this dpt
- Dagoretti NorthNairobi · Kenya1.5 kmin this dpt
- RuarakaNairobi · Kenya0.0 kmin this dpt
- MathareNairobi · Kenya0.0 kmin this dpt
- WestlandsNairobi · Kenya0.0 kmin this dpt
1 intersecting protected areas
Nairobi Arboretum
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 4 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
493 distinct species · 4 513 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Nairobi River : 29 espèces reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
23km
Max discharge
0,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
4
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.