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Southern Africa

Southern Africa

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

 

Ecoregions in Southern Africa  

AT1310    Kaokoveld desert
AT1316    Namibian savanna woodlands
AT0702    Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0726    Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0701    Angolan Miombo woodlands
AT0724    Western Zambezian grasslands
AT0704    Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
AT0907    Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT0709    Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0908    Zambezian halophytics
AT0719    Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725    Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1006    Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT0706    Eastern Miombo woodlands
AT0906    Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
AT1402    East African mangroves
AT1006    Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT0717    Southern Africa bushveld
AT0128    Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0119    Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT1309    Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1322    Succulent Karoo
AT1314    Nama Karoo
AT1009    Highveld grasslands
AT1004    Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1012    Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1003    Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1405    Southern Africa mangroves
AT0116    KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT1201    Albany thickets
AT0115    Knysna-Amatole montane forests
AT1203    Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1202    Lowland fynbos and renosterveld

 

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Citation

World Wildlife Fund (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Southern 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 June 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Southern_Africa>

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