Forest Reserve · ken
South West Mau
- Area
- 838 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1932
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Reserve
- Established
- 1932
- Managing authority
- Kenya Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
289 distinct species · 703 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 West Mau : 34 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
135,1km
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 577km²
Discharge in basins
8,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 450mm/an
Mean T°
16,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,10
Mean runoff
326mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 156m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Kipsonoiord 4len here44.37 km24%total188 km
- Sondu riverord 4len here41.65 km28%total151 km
- Michongord 2len here24.95 km76%total33 km
- Korauord 1len here8.31 km38%total22 km
- chepkulo riverord 2len here8.24 km45%total18 km
- Sondu Riverord 4len here6.39 km5%total133 km
- Nyangoresord 3len here1.16 km1%total85 km
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
- -0.48902, 35.45114
- 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.