Fleuve· 192 segments
Riet River
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Frances Baard, Pixley ka Seme, Thabo Mofutsanyane, Xhariep
Total length
501km
Max discharge
172m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
192
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- XhariepFree State · South Africa581.6 kmin this dpt
- Pixley ka SemeNorthern Cape · South Africa198.9 kmin this dpt
- Frances BaardNorthern Cape · South Africa44.7 kmin this dpt
- Thabo MofutsanyaneFree State · South Africa14.1 kmin this dpt
8 intersecting protected areas
Mokala National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
Kalkfontein Dam Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Praalhoek Game Lodge
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Little Motopos Game Ranch and Lodge
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Doornhoek Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Mount Everest Game Lodge
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Middelfontein Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Wuras Dam Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 192 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
268 distinct species · 790 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Riet River : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
501km
Max discharge
172,0m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
192
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.