Rivière· 67 segments
Mkuze River
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Umkhanyakude, Zululand
Total length
266km
Max discharge
11,8m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
67
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- ZululandKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa312.6 kmin this dpt
- UmkhanyakudeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa84.8 kmin this dpt
7 intersecting protected areas
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Mkuzi Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Mpilo Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Somkhanda Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Zimanga Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Ubombo Mountain Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Hlomo Hlomo Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 67 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
319 distinct species · 2 518 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Mkuze River : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.4%, 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
266km
Max discharge
11,8m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
67
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.