The East Sudanian savanna is a tropical savanna ecoregion of central Africa. It is the eastern half of the broad savanna belt which runs east and west across Africa, from the Atlantic to the Ethiopian Highlands. The Cameroon Highlands divide the East Sudanian savanna from the West Sudanian savanna. The Sahel belt of drier Acacia savanna lies to the north, between the Sudanian Savanna and the Sahara Desert. Savanna at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. ... An ecoregion, sometimes called a bioregion, is a relatively large area of land or water that contains a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... The Ethiopian Highlands are a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia and Eritrea in northeastern Africa. ... The Cameroon Highlands are a group of mountain ranges of west-central Africa. ... See also Sahel, Tunisia, a region of eastern Tunisia. ... Species About 1,300; see List of Acacia species Acacia tree in the Serengeti, Tanzania Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin belonging to the Subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by Linnaeus in 1773. ... The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ...

The Sudd flooded grasslands divide the East Sudanian savanna into eastern and western blocks; the western block covers portions of northern Cameroon, southernmost Chad, northern Central African Republic, and southeastern Sudan. The more humid Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic lies to the south, between the East Sudanian savanna and the equatorial Congolian forests. The eastern block lies in a belt stretching from northern Uganda along the Sudan-Ethiopia border region, bounded on the east by the Ethiopian Highlands of Ethiopia and Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets of southeastern Sudan and northern Kenya, on the south by the Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic of Uganda, and on the southwest by the Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic. Sudd Swamp from space, May 1993. ... The Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic is a forest and savanna ecoregion of central Africa, part of the belt of transitional forest-savanna mosaic that lie between Africas equatorial forests and the tropical dry forests, savannas, and grasslands that lie to the north and south. ... The Congolian forests are a broad belt of lowland tropical moist broadleaf forest which extends across the basin of the Congo River and its tributaries in Central Africa. ... The Ethiopian Highlands are a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia and Eritrea in northeastern Africa. ...

Flora

Typical species are trees and shrubs of Combretum and Terminalia, and tall Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum). Species About 250 species, including: Combretum apiculatum Combretum bracteosum Combretum celastroides Combretum coccineum Combretum comosum Combretum decandrum Combretum erythrophyllum Combretum flagrocarpum Combretum fruticosum Combretum grandiflorum Combretum imberbe Combretum latifolium Combretum micranthum Combretum microphyllum Combretum paniculatum Combretum quadrangulare Combretum racemosum Combretum is the type genus of the family Combretaceae. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. ...

Fauna

Threatened species include the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus), Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Leopard (Panthera pardus), Lion (Panthera leo), and Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus). The Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) were formerly native to the ecoregion, but have been eliminated through over-hunting. Species Loxodonta adaurora (extinct) Loxodonta africana Loxodonta cyclotis African elephants are the two species of elephants in the genus Loxodonta, one of the two existing genera in Elephantidae. ... Binomial name Lycaon pictus Temminck, 1820 The African Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus also known as the African Hunting Dog, Cape Hunting Dog or Painted Hunting Dog[1], is a mammal of the Canidae family, and thus related to the domestic dog. ... Binomial name Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) The Cheetah (derived from Sanskrit word Chitraka meaning Speckled) (Acinonyx jubatus) is an atypical member of the cat family (Felidae) that hunts by speed rather than by stealth or pack tactics. ... Binomial name Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758 The Leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the four big cats of the genus Panthera. ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Felis leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. ... A Giant Eland Binomial name Taurotragus derbianus Gray, 1847 The Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus also known as the Derby Eland) is an open forest savannah antelope. ... Binomial name Diceros bicornis Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Diceros bicornis michaeli Diceros bicornis longipes Diceros bicornis minor Diceros bicornis bicornis The Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis also colloquially Black Rhino is a mammal in the order Perissodactyla, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa... Binomial name Ceratotherium simum Burchell, 1817 The White Rhinoceros original range (orange: Northern (C. s. ...

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