National Reserve · ken
South Turkana
- Area
- 1 086 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- National Reserve
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- Kenya Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
183 distinct species · 205 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 South Turkana : 19 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (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 · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
6
Max drainage
7 320km²
Discharge in basins
19,2m³/s
Mean precip.
508mm/an
Mean T°
23,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,74
Mean runoff
209mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
989m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Turkwelsub-area1 020,4 km²overlap434.41 km²40%
- Bassin de Embobutsub-area2 296,6 km²overlap417.42 km²38%
- Bassin de Keriosub-area545,1 km²overlap93.20 km²9%
- Bassin de Keriosub-area900,5 km²overlap80.04 km²7%
- Bassin de Turkwel riversub-area133 km²overlap32.97 km²3%
- Bassin de Turkwel riversub-area603,2 km²overlap27.51 km²3%
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
- 1.82731, 35.77088
- 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.