Rivière· 101 segments
Buffalo River
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Amajuba, Umzinyathi, Uthungulu
Total length
2 126km
Max discharge
24,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
101
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- UmzinyathiKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa237.8 kmin this dpt
- AmajubaKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa199.9 kmin this dpt
- UthunguluKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa7.2 kmin this dpt
1 intersecting protected areas
Isandlwana Heritage Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 101 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
163 distinct species · 759 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Buffalo River : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.5%, 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
2 126km
Max discharge
24,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
101
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.