Mara River
E376213
The Mara River is a major waterway in East Africa that flows through Kenya and Tanzania, supporting rich wildlife ecosystems and the famed wildebeest migration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mara River canonical | 4 |
| Mara River region | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Kenya
ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ |
| borderFunction | forms part of the boundary between protected areas in Kenya and Tanzania ⓘ |
| country |
Kenya
ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ |
| crossesBorderBetween | Kenya and Tanzania ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Lake Victoria basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Victoria Basin
|
| ecosystemType | savanna ecosystem ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Lake Victoria ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Mara Region of Tanzania
ⓘ
Narok County ⓘ |
| hasConservationIssue |
declining dry-season flows
ⓘ
water quality degradation ⓘ |
| hasCrossing | wildebeest river crossing sites ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRegime | seasonal flow variability ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Amala River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nyangores River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
biodiversity conservation
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| isKeyHabitatFor |
aquatic birds
ⓘ
large carnivores ⓘ migratory ungulates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
biodiversity
ⓘ
dramatic river crossings during the Great Migration ⓘ seasonal flooding ⓘ |
| locatedIn | East Africa ⓘ |
| mouth | Lake Victoria ⓘ |
| partOf | Nile Basin ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Maasai Mara National Reserve
ⓘ
Serengeti National Park ⓘ |
| region | Mara Region ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Kenya
ⓘ
Mau Escarpment ⓘ |
| supports |
African elephant populations
ⓘ
Nile crocodile populations ⓘ hippopotamus populations ⓘ lion populations ⓘ riparian forests ⓘ vulture populations ⓘ wetland habitats ⓘ wildebeest migration ⓘ zebra populations ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
agricultural expansion
ⓘ
deforestation in the Mau Forest Complex ⓘ overgrazing ⓘ water abstraction ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mara River region