Rivière· 49 segments
uMngeni River
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Umgungundlovu, eThekwini
Total length
181km
Max discharge
25,7m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
49
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- UmgungundlovuKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa111.3 kmin this dpt
- eThekwiniKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa105.7 kmin this dpt
10 intersecting protected areas
Central uMngeni Conservancy Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
Albert Falls Public Resort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Midmar Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Nagle Dam and Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Hilton College Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Cumberland Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Kwawula Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 more protected areassorted by area
Burman Bush Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 49 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 495 distinct species · 10 968 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 uMngeni River : 36 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
181km
Max discharge
25,7m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
49
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.