Rivière· 29 segments
Sand River
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Ehlanzeni
Total length
1 153km
Max discharge
21,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
29
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- EhlanzeniMpumalanga · South Africa122.3 kmin this dpt
2 intersecting protected areas
Kruger National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
Sabie Sands Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 29 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
329 distinct species · 738 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Sand River : 27 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 46 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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 153km
Max discharge
21,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
29
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.