Rivière· 48 segments
Touwsrivier
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Cape Winelands, Central Karoo, Eden
Total length
126km
Max discharge
4,9m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
48
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- EdenWestern Cape · South Africa132.7 kmin this dpt
- Cape WinelandsWestern Cape · South Africa97.2 kmin this dpt
- Central KarooWestern Cape · South Africa0.0 kmin this dpt
3 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Anysberg Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Lettas Kraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 48 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
72 distinct species · 90 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 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 Touwsrivier : 6 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 25.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
126km
Max discharge
4,9m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
48
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.