Rivière· 120 segments
Pongolo
Crosses 6 administrative regions : Amajuba, Gert Sibande, Matsanjeni South, Somntongo, Umkhanyakude +1
Total length
486km
Max discharge
51,5m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
120
River geography6 admin regions · 0 communes
6 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- ZululandKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa374.0 kmin this dpt
- UmkhanyakudeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa177.0 kmin this dpt
- Gert SibandeMpumalanga · South Africa48.3 kmin this dpt
- AmajubaKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa37.4 kmin this dpt
- SomntongoShiselweni · Swaziland1.3 kmin this dpt
- Matsanjeni SouthShiselweni · Swaziland0.0 kmin this dpt
9 intersecting protected areas
KwaMandlangampisi Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
Itala Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Elandsberg Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
Ndumu Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Ndumo Game Reserve
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Pongola Bush Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
Pongola Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Bendor Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Umkoonyan No1 Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 120 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 11 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
486km
Max discharge
51,5m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
120
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.