Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ken
Tana River Delta Ramsar Site
- Area
- 1 623 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 2012
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 2012
- Managing authority
- County Government of Tana River Lamu County Government Tana and Athi River Development Authority Kenya Wildlife Service Kenya Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 328 distinct species · 11 789 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 Tana River Delta Ramsar Site : 15 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 7 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
141,7km
Lake surface here
9,95km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
95 249km²
Discharge in basins
296,8m³/s
Mean precip.
849mm/an
Mean T°
26,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,46
Mean runoff
103mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
29m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Tana Riversub-area2 065,9 km²overlap792.09 km²49%
- Basin #08480sub-area1 482,6 km²overlap417.48 km²26%
- Bassin de Tana Riversub-area184,2 km²overlap138.73 km²9%
- Bassin de Tana Riversub-area324,1 km²overlap37.08 km²2%
- Basin #08440sub-area133,1 km²overlap7.96 km²0%
- Bassin de Tana Riversub-area74,3 km²overlap4.93 km²0%
- Bassin de Tana Riversub-area12,6 km²overlap0.32 km²0%
- Bassin de Tana Riversub-area308,8 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
Lakes (7, top by area)
Rivers / streams (1, 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
- -2.51282, 40.32713
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.