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Horn of Africa

Horn of Africa

This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Peter Saundry

 

Ecoregions in the Horn of Africa

PA1327    Sahara desert
PA1329    South Saharan steppe and woodlands
AT0713    Sahelian Acacia savanna
AT0905    Saharan flooded grasslands
AT0712    Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
AT0124    Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
AT0101    Albertine Rift montane forests
AT0721    Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
AT0108    East African montane forests
AT0711    Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT1313    Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
AT1007    Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
AT0112    Ethiopian montane forests
AT1008    Ethiopian montane moorlands
AT1305    Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
AT1304    Eritrean coastal desert
AT0715    Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT1307    Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
AT1319    Somali montane xeric woodlands
AT1318    Socotra Island xeric shrublands

 

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Citation

World Wildlife Fund (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Horn of Africa". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 19, 2008; Last revised Date September 19, 2008; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Horn_of_Africa>

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