Rivière· 147 segments
Tugela River
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Umzinyathi, Uthukela, Uthungulu, iLembe
Total length
547km
Max discharge
80,4m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
147
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- UthukelaKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa319.3 kmin this dpt
- UmzinyathiKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa151.7 kmin this dpt
- UthunguluKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa122.5 kmin this dpt
- iLembeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa94.5 kmin this dpt
9 intersecting protected areas
uThukela Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Natal National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Umphafa Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Spioenkop Public Resort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Rugged Glen Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Harold Johnson Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Meycol Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 147 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
113 distinct species · 201 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Tugela River : 24 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.3%, 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
547km
Max discharge
80,4m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
147
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.