Rivière· 6 segments
Thika River
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Gatanga, Thika Town
Total length
36km
Max discharge
14,6m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
6
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Thika TownKiambu · Kenya20.4 kmin this dpt
- GatangaMurang'a · Kenya13.1 kmin this dpt
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 6 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
934 distinct species · 7 679 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 Thika River : 20 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, 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).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
36km
Max discharge
14,6m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
6
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.