Rivière· 29 segments
Buffelsrivier
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Central Karoo, Eden, Namakwa
Total length
274km
Max discharge
2m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
29
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Central KarooWestern Cape · South Africa124.2 kmin this dpt
- EdenWestern Cape · South Africa8.6 kmin this dpt
- NamakwaNorthern Cape · South Africa3.2 kmin this dpt
3 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Anysberg Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Klein Swartberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 29 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
149 distinct species · 1 119 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Buffelsrivier : 29 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.0%, 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
274km
Max discharge
2,0m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
29
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.