Ontologia

Ruisseau· 4 segments

Ruiruaka River

Crosses 9 administrative regions : Embakasi North, Kabete, Kasarani, Kiambaa, Limuru +4

ruisseau

Total length

22km

Max discharge

0,7m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

4

River geography9 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-10811718301887 km²

9 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

  • Kiambaa
    Kiambu · Kenya
    14.3 km
    in this dpt
  • Westlands
    Nairobi · Kenya
    7.7 km
    in this dpt
  • Ruaraka
    Nairobi · Kenya
    4.7 km
    in this dpt
  • Roysambu
    Nairobi · Kenya
    3.3 km
    in this dpt
  • Kabete
    Kiambu · Kenya
    2.8 km
    in this dpt
  • Embakasi North
    Nairobi · Kenya
    2.2 km
    in this dpt
  • Limuru
    Kiambu · Kenya
    0.2 km
    in this dpt
  • Mathare
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt
  • Kasarani
    Nairobi · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt

1 intersecting protected areas

  • Karura

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 4 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

711 distinct species · 32 420 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 22 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 Ruiruaka River : 21 espèces reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
22
Interactions affichées
18
Connectance
0.078
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)

Total length

22km

Max discharge

0,7m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

4

HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.