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The ecoregion is a mosaic of forest, savanna, and grassland. Semi-evergreen rainforest is found along the rivers that drain northwards into the Congo Basin, with open woodland, savanna, and grassland in the uplands. Rainforest flora is typically Guineo-Congolian species, while the woodland, savanna, and grassland species are mostly Zambezian. [3]
The principal plant communities include Lake Victoria drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forest, Lake Victoria transitional rain forest, moist Combretum wooded grassland, dry Combretum wooded grassland, Evergreen and semi-evergreen bushland and thicket, Edaphic wooded grassland on drainage-impeded or seasonally flooded soils, and swamp forest.
A tree savanna at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania in East Africa A grass savanna at Kruger National Park in South Africa. A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
The most intact assemblages currently occur in East African Acacia savannas and Zambezian savannas consisting of mosaics of miombo, mopane, and other habitats. [3] Large-scale migration of tropical savanna herbivores, such as wildebeest ( Connochaetes taurinus ) and zebra ( Equus quagga ), are continuing to decline through habitat alteration ...
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are terrestrial biomes defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. [1] The predominant vegetation in these biomes consists of grass and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid. The habitat type differs from tropical grasslands in the annual temperature regime and ...
Savanna; Serengeti; Serengeti volcanic grasslands; Sipaliwini Savanna; Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets; South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune; Southern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets; Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic; Southern miombo woodlands; Sudan (region) Sudanian savanna
The Guinean forest-savanna, also known as the Guinean forest-savanna transition, is a distinctive ecological region located in West Africa. [2] [3] It stretches across several countries including Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon. This region is characterized by a unique blend of forested ...
The Cerrado biome is strategic for the water resources of Brazil. The biome contains the headwaters and the largest portion of South American watersheds (the Paraná-Paraguay, Araguaia-Tocantins, and São Francisco river basins) and the upper catchments of large Amazon tributaries, such as the Xingu and Tapajós. During the last four decades ...