South Africa country profile
South Africa country profile
Source: CIA
Sodwana Bay National Park, South Africa. (Photograph by John Morrison)
- General overview
- Water in South Africa
- Energy in Southern Africa
- Human Development Index
- National parks and preserves:
- Ecoregions:
- Albany thickets
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- Highveld grasslands
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- Knysna-Amatole montane forests
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- Southern Africa bushveld
- Succulent Karoo
- Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- Regional biodiversity hotspot (Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany)
- Regional biodiversity hotspot (Cape Floristic Region)
- Regional biodiversity hotspot (Succulent Karoo)
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Citation
Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "South Africa country profile". 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 June 4, 2008; Last revised Date June 4, 2008; Retrieved February 9, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/South_Africa_country_profile>
The Author
Maggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)
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