National Reserve · ken
Samburu
- Area
- 165 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1985
Overview
- Designation
- National Reserve
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1985
- Managing authority
- Kenya Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
665 distinct species · 69 129 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 Samburu : 7 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 25.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
48,4km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
14 873km²
Discharge in basins
50,5m³/s
Mean precip.
564mm/an
Mean T°
23,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,73
Mean runoff
88mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
976m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Ewaso Nyirosub-area439,8 km²overlap83.75 km²51%
- Bassin de Lbaa Lekoitogasub-area64,8 km²overlap57.37 km²35%
- Bassin de Ewaso Nyirosub-area180 km²overlap15.90 km²10%
- Bassin de Larisorasub-area936,5 km²overlap7.84 km²5%
- Bassin de Ngare mara riversub-area525,4 km²overlap0.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Isiolosub-area937,9 km²overlap0.13 km²0%
Rivers / streams (5, 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
- 0.61448, 37.53483
- 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.