Shimba Hills
IUCN IINational Reserve · 1968
193 km²
Commune · KEN
Kenya
Species observed
1 223
Observations
9 384
Area
319km²
Sample of 9 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).
Tissu écologique de Tsimba Golini : 9 espèces reliées par 6 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 16.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
1 223 distinct species · 9 384 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 258mm
Warmest m°
32,2°C
Coldest m°
20,8°C
Elevation: 155 m on average (min 4 m, max 403 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
26,0g/kg
Clay
24,2%
Sand
61,7%
Silt
14,1%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiMaggregated to Matuga
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
64,6km
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
4 386km²
Discharge in basins
1,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 057mm/an
Mean T°
25,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,32
Mean runoff
163mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
197m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
70,7%
Pesticides
1,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
National Reserve · 1968
193 km²
Forest Reserve · 1956
189 km²
Forest Reserve · 1941
17 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN