Rivière· 91 segments
Breede River
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Cape Winelands, Eden, Overberg
Total length
310km
Max discharge
57,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
91
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Cape WinelandsWestern Cape · South Africa217.1 kmin this dpt
- OverbergWestern Cape · South Africa112.3 kmin this dpt
- EdenWestern Cape · South Africa32.9 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Koue Bokkeveld Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
Matroosberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
Hawequas Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
Ceres Bergfynbos Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Bontebok National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
Sunshine Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Quaggas Berg Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Viljoensdrift Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2 more protected areassorted by area
Van Loveren Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Witsand Local Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 91 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
69 distinct species · 95 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Breede River : 17 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.4%, 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).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
310km
Max discharge
57,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
91
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.