Afrotropic Afrotropic The East Saharan montane xeric woodlands is an ecoregion of central Africa. It covers the higher elevations of the Massif Ennedi and Massif du Kapka mountains of Chad, and the neighboring Jebel Marra mountains of eastern Sudan. These mountain ranges rise above the semi-desert Sahelian Acacia savanna at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The ecoregion covers an area of 27,900 square kilometers (10,800 square miles). ...more on Wikipedia about "East Saharan montane xeric woodlands"
Madagascar and neighboring Indian Ocean islands form a distinctive sub-region of the Afrotropic ecozone, which botanist Armen Takhtajan called the Madagascan Region. The region is characterized by numerous endemic taxa of plants and animals, like the lemurs. Madagascar and the Seychelles are fragments of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. As Gondwana began to break up 160 MYA (million years ago), Madagascar broke away first from Africa, and 89 million years ago broke away from India. Many of Madagascar's plant and animal species are of ancient Gondwanian origin. Madagascar remained close to Africa and for a time to India, and some plants and animals were able to cross the straits separating Madagascar from the neighboring continents. The other Indian Ocean islands, like the Comoros and Mascarene Islands, are volcanic islands that formed more recently, and were populated by plants and animals from Madagascar, Africa, and the Seychelles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ecoregions of Madagascar"
Fynbos ( Afrikaans for fine bush) is the natural shrubland vegetation occurring in a small belt of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas of the South-western Cape. Of the world's six floral kingdoms, this is the smallest and richest per area unit. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fynbos"
The Knysna-Amatole montane forests is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of South Africa. It covers an area of 3100 square kilometers (1200 square miles) in South Africa's Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Knysna-Amatole montane forests"
The Kwazulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of South Africa. It covers an area of 17,800 square kilometers (6,900 square miles) in South Africa's Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. ...more on Wikipedia about "KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic"
The Madagascar ericoid thickets is a montane shrubland ecoregion, found in the high mountains of Madagascar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madagascar ericoid thickets"
The Madagascar lowland forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion, found on the eastern coast of the island of Madagascar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madagascar lowland forests"
The Madagascar subhumid forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion which covers most of the central highlands of the island of Madagascar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madagascar subhumid forests"
The Maputaland coastal forest mosaic is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of South Africa. It covers an area of 30,200 square kilometres (11,700 square miles) in southern Mozambique, Swaziland, and the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Mozambique's capital Maputo lies within the ecoregion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maputaland coastal forest mosaic"
The Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets is a montane shrubland ecoregion of South Africa. The ecoregion occupies the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains, covering an area of 19,500 square kilometers (7,500 square miles) in South Africa's Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. It is bounded on the east by the KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic, which lies in the humid coastal strip along the Indian Ocean; to the west it is bounded by the higher-elevation Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodland and forest. To the south, it transtions to the drier Albany thickets, which are characterized by more succulent and spiny plants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets"
The Mascarene Islands (or Mascarenhas Archipelago) is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, which includes Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, and Cargados Carajos shoals. The collective title is derived from the Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas, who first visited them in 1512. The islands share a common geologic origin, and form a distinct ecoregion with a unique flora and fauna. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mascarene Islands"
Serengeti is a region of grasslands and woodlands in Africa shared between the countries of Tanzania in the south and Kenya in the north. The whole region is spread over around thirty thousand square kilometers. Eighty percent of this region lies in Tanzania. ...more on Wikipedia about "Serengeti"
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