Rivière· 26 segments
Diep River
Crosses 2 administrative regions : City of Cape Town, West Coast
Total length
75km
Max discharge
13,5m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
26
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- City of Cape TownWestern Cape · South Africa64.0 kmin this dpt
- West CoastWestern Cape · South Africa37.0 kmin this dpt
2 intersecting protected areas
Rietvlei Nature Area
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Kalbaskraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 26 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
350 distinct species · 22 860 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Diep River : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.4%, 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
75km
Max discharge
13,5m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
26
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.