South West Mau
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1932
838 km²
Constituency · KEN
Narok North
Kenya
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(95 %)
Species observed
901
Observations
9 545
Area
2 723,4km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Narok North : 29 espèces reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
33
Interactions affichées
32
Connectance
0.061
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
901 distinct species · 9 545 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
14,9°C
Annual rain
1 403mm
Warmest m°
22,0°C
Coldest m°
8,7°C
Elevation: 2 409 m on average (min 1 794 m, max 3 030 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
14,9°C
Annual rain
1 403mm
Warmest month
22,0°C
Coldest month
8,7°C
Mean alt.
2 409m
Min
1 794m
Max
3 030m
Std. dev.
324m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(95 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,9
Org. C
42,1g/kg
Clay
35,3%
Sand
34,0%
Silt
30,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: viGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,9
Org. C
60,3g/kg
Clay
35,3%
Sand
34,1%
Silt
30,6%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,9
Org. C
36,6g/kg
Clay
34,7%
Sand
34,3%
Silt
31,0%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,9
Org. C
29,4g/kg
Clay
36,0%
Sand
33,5%
Silt
30,5%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest33.5%
Crops26.4%
Built-up0.5%
Bare soil1.5%
Other (grassland, water…)38.1%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
200,0km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
3 657km²
Discharge in basins
9,4m³/s
Mean precip.
920mm/an
Mean T°
15,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,39
Mean runoff
160mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 249m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Ewaso Ngiro Riversub-area1 164,4 km²overlap1119.34 km²41%
- Bassin de Ewaso Nyirosub-area1 475,4 km²overlap707.08 km²26%
- Bassin de Southern Ewaso Ng'irosub-area1 700,2 km²overlap292.24 km²11%
- Bassin de Amalasub-area1 486,1 km²overlap253.16 km²9%
- Bassin de Malewasub-area3 253,3 km²overlap124.76 km²5%
- Bassin de Njoro Riversub-area1 665,8 km²overlap98.41 km²4%
- Bassin de Nyangoressub-area931,8 km²overlap82.14 km²3%
- Bassin de Nasampolaisub-area3 657,4 km²overlap46.26 km²2%
Rivers / streams (6, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
51,5%
Pesticides
1,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas6
IUCN Not Reported · 6
Eastern Mau
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1941
658 km²
Maasai Mau
IUCN Not ReportedCommunity Forest Reserve · 1964
461 km²
Transmara
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1941
343 km²
Ol Pusimoru
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1957
170 km²
Southern Mau
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1941
1 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN