Ruisseau· 15 segments
Kaap River
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Ehlanzeni
Total length
49km
Max discharge
6,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
15
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- EhlanzeniMpumalanga · South Africa64.6 kmin this dpt
4 intersecting protected areas
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Barberton Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Paranie Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Stenson Estate Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 15 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
389 distinct species · 1 520 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Kaap River : 21 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
49km
Max discharge
6,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
15
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.