Ruisseau· 25 segments
Buffalo River
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Amathole, Buffalo City
Total length
2 126km
Max discharge
7,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
25
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Buffalo CityEastern Cape · South Africa130.5 kmin this dpt
- AmatholeEastern Cape · South Africa13.7 kmin this dpt
4 intersecting protected areas
Grey Dell and Fort Grey Forest Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
Fort Pato Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
Umtiza Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
Bridle Drift Dam Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 25 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
33 distinct species · 125 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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
7,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
25
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.