World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · tza
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Area
- 8 271 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 716 distinct species · 294 896 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 11 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 7.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology20 basins · 6 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
340,6km
Lake surface here
43,92km²
Basins crossed
20
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
57 304km²
Discharge in basins
71,3m³/s
Mean precip.
765mm/an
Mean T°
18,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,46
Mean runoff
75mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 657m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Baraisub-area3 502,8 km²overlap1379.13 km²17%
- Bassin de Munge Riversub-area875,1 km²overlap871.22 km²11%
- Basin #00740sub-area1 320,6 km²overlap804.34 km²10%
- Bassin de Oldupai Riversub-area922,1 km²overlap726.75 km²9%
- Bassin de Oldupai Riversub-area676,6 km²overlap673.61 km²8%
- Bassin de Kirurumsub-area1 231 km²overlap485.33 km²6%
- Bassin de Norkuman Riversub-area474,8 km²overlap472.73 km²6%
- Basin #09290sub-area444,8 km²overlap442.86 km²5%
- Basin #10830sub-area503,1 km²overlap438.26 km²5%
11 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Dry Streamsub-area429,9 km²overlap428.00 km²5%
- Bassin de Loburosub-area4 147,3 km²overlap390.50 km²5%
- Bassin de Nyabogati Riversub-area1 971,5 km²overlap273.38 km²3%
- Bassin de Oldibaisub-area543,1 km²overlap226.91 km²3%
- Bassin de Mongomawesub-area1 476,8 km²overlap151.52 km²2%
- Basin #00360sub-area607,9 km²overlap148.41 km²2%
- Basin #22060sub-area575,9 km²overlap115.68 km²1%
- Basin #41020sub-area1 334 km²overlap104.40 km²1%
- Basin #23170sub-area430,9 km²overlap90.12 km²1%
- Bassin de Oldupai Riversub-area43,5 km²overlap43.32 km²1%
- Basin #43820sub-area4,9 km²overlap4.86 km²0%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- Oldupai Riverord 4len here83.35 km85%total99 km
- Norkuman Riverord 3len here44.82 km100%total45 km
- Munge Riverord 2len here43.94 km100%total44 km
- Engeju Engitokord 2len here26.38 km100%total26 km
- Engejung'iroord 1len here24.57 km100%total25 km
- Oijoro Nyokie Riverord 2len here23.91 km100%total24 km
- Loburoord 2len here19.92 km43%total46 km
- Saglelaord 1len here17.79 km42%total42 km
- Munge Riverord 2len here13.59 km100%total14 km
- Kirurumord 1len here11.36 km37%total30 km
- Oldibaiord 3len here9.66 km48%total20 km
- Engarukaord 1len here9.00 km42%total22 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- -3.07486, 35.42673
- 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.