Ruisseau· 19 segments
Lovu River
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Ugu, Umgungundlovu, eThekwini
Total length
129km
Max discharge
7,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
19
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- UmgungundlovuKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa75.0 kmin this dpt
- UguKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa25.6 kmin this dpt
- eThekwiniKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa4.2 kmin this dpt
1 intersecting protected areas
Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 19 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
194 distinct species · 1 003 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 Lovu River : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
129km
Max discharge
7,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
19
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.