Ruisseau· 12 segments
Knysna River
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Eden
Total length
56km
Max discharge
1,6m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
12
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- EdenWestern Cape · South Africa59.4 kmin this dpt
7 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Garden Route National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
Knysna National Lake Area
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
Church Millwood Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
Lelievlei Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
Eastford Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Westford Bridge Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 12 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
249 distinct species · 397 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Knysna River : 35 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
56km
Max discharge
1,6m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
12
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.