Rivière· 89 segments
Olifants River
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Cape Winelands, West Coast
Total length
1 104km
Max discharge
73,2m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
89
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- West CoastWestern Cape · South Africa346.2 kmin this dpt
- Cape WinelandsWestern Cape · South Africa48.9 kmin this dpt
9 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Koue Bokkeveld Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
Sederberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
Winterhoek Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
Groot-Winterhoek Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
Grootwinterhoek Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
Skimmelberg Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Rondeberg Oord Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Ramskop Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 89 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
93 distinct species · 418 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Olifants River : 18 espèces reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, 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
1 104km
Max discharge
73,2m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
89
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.