[4] Presently, this river is part of the Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area.

[5] At the river's mouth, a lagoon is surrounded by the Umhlanga Conservancy.

This area includes a 26-hectare (64-acre) Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve,[6] and a waste treatment works which is publicly accessible.

[3] This area contains bushbuck, blue and grey duiker, and numerous birds, including the southernmost occurrence of crested guineafowl.

[6] Media related to Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve at Wikimedia Commons