Constituency · KEN
Turkana North
Kenya
Species observed
534
Observations
1 212
Area
14 609,7km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Turkana North : 18 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
534 distinct species · 1 212 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
28,8°C
Annual rain
367mm
Warmest m°
34,6°C
Coldest m°
23,2°C
Elevation: 594 m on average (min 362 m, max 1 634 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,8
Org. C
16,6g/kg
Clay
30,9%
Sand
45,2%
Silt
24,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology39 basins · 4 lakes · 21 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
417,6km
Lake surface here
1 443,04km²
Basins crossed
39
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
92 426km²
Discharge in basins
967,7m³/s
Mean precip.
349mm/an
Mean T°
27,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,81
Mean runoff
60mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
581m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lonanitsub-area2 852,3 km²overlap2824.39 km²19%
- Bassin de Athigiriaitsub-area1 800 km²overlap1548.82 km²11%
- Bassin de Lomogolsub-area1 558,1 km²overlap1378.68 km²9%
- Basin #45050sub-area1 589,5 km²overlap1338.70 km²9%
- Basin #54550sub-area1 669,1 km²overlap1336.49 km²9%
- Basin #50420sub-area1 070,2 km²overlap1042.09 km²7%
- Bassin de Natoosub-area819,1 km²overlap790.64 km²5%
- Bassin de Nariokotombesub-area726,1 km²overlap709.63 km²5%
- Bassin de ኦሞ / Omosub-area599,5 km²overlap466.58 km²3%
30 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Ukathawasub-area613,1 km²overlap465.55 km²3%
- Basin #44840sub-area423,8 km²overlap421.90 km²3%
- Bassin de River Kawalaseesub-area579 km²overlap315.36 km²2%
- Bassin de Maiensub-area1 084,5 km²overlap277.57 km²2%
- Basin #57790sub-area601,1 km²overlap246.67 km²2%
- Basin #58130sub-area755,2 km²overlap207.01 km²1%
- Basin #34870sub-area306,4 km²overlap204.69 km²1%
- Basin #43290sub-area202,7 km²overlap201.74 km²1%
- Bassin de Nalingakuasub-area206,1 km²overlap160.04 km²1%
- Basin #40360sub-area303,4 km²overlap125.90 km²1%
- Basin #39280sub-area193,3 km²overlap92.78 km²1%
- Bassin de Tarach riversub-area1 417,2 km²overlap85.87 km²1%
- Basin #59550sub-area189,2 km²overlap85.49 km²1%
- Basin #29040sub-area143,1 km²overlap72.91 km²0%
- Bassin de Natingkwasub-area478,7 km²overlap42.24 km²0%
- Bassin de ኦሞ / Omosub-area347,9 km²overlap40.33 km²0%
- Basin #49160sub-area131 km²overlap31.24 km²0%
- Basin #13310sub-area324,2 km²overlap29.70 km²0%
- Basin #60120sub-area103,4 km²overlap17.82 km²0%
- Basin #16110sub-area568,4 km²overlap17.75 km²0%
- Basin #43520sub-area159,6 km²overlap10.99 km²0%
- Bassin de Lopokotolsub-area2 081 km²overlap6.22 km²0%
- Basin #55100sub-area470,5 km²overlap5.53 km²0%
- Bassin de ኦሞ / Omosub-area32,7 km²overlap3.16 km²0%
- Bassin de Laga Tulu Borsub-area748,5 km²overlap2.49 km²0%
- Basin #22690sub-area490 km²overlap1.64 km²0%
- Basin #40350sub-area422,4 km²overlap0.51 km²0%
- Basin #60450sub-area217,7 km²overlap0.50 km²0%
- Basin #54700sub-area345,4 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
- Bassin de Ukathawasub-area372,8 km²overlap0.01 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (21, ord ≥ 4)
- Lomogolord 4len here99.74 km76%total132 km
- Lonanitord 2len here63.34 km100%total63 km
- Maienord 3len here28.53 km31%total92 km
- ኦሞ / Omoord 6len here26.78 km2%total1466 km
- Kalowathord 1len here26.30 km100%total26 km
- Natooord 1len here24.09 km100%total24 km
- Lotorobuord 2len here22.39 km100%total22 km
- Nalingakuaord 2len here17.66 km97%total18 km
- Nariokotombeord 3len here16.14 km100%total16 km
- Athigiriaitord 2len here13.61 km100%total14 km
- Kapakoord 1len here13.13 km100%total13 km
- Natudauord 2len here12.06 km100%total12 km
9 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- River Kawalaseeord 4len here10.24 km27%total38 km
- Koloyamanuathord 1len here9.69 km100%total10 km
- Napeduruord 1len here9.31 km100%total9 km
- Kaekulaketord 1len here8.49 km100%total9 km
- Kai-Emongorrord 1len here7.93 km100%total8 km
- Lopurrord 1len here4.91 km100%total5 km
- Kading'etomord 1len here1.44 km100%total1 km
- Ukathawaord 3len here0.93 km2%total60 km
- Naiyena Epulord 1len here0.88 km20%total5 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
1,0%
Pesticides
0,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)