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Page 1010
... savanna , and thorny thicket Fauna : hippopotamus , leopard , lion , cheetah , Grévy's zebra , Soemmering's gazelle , various species of antelope ( greater and lesser kudu , waterbuck , Chanler's reedbuck ) , and crocodile ; ostrich and ...
... savanna , and thorny thicket Fauna : hippopotamus , leopard , lion , cheetah , Grévy's zebra , Soemmering's gazelle , various species of antelope ( greater and lesser kudu , waterbuck , Chanler's reedbuck ) , and crocodile ; ostrich and ...
Page 1012
... savanna , with fire - climax flora ( bastard mahogany , Parkia , and butter tree ) , 1,350 verging toward Sahelian vegetation in the north ; fine gallery forests ( kola trees and Kigelia aethiopica ) ( 3,500 ) in the south , especially ...
... savanna , with fire - climax flora ( bastard mahogany , Parkia , and butter tree ) , 1,350 verging toward Sahelian vegetation in the north ; fine gallery forests ( kola trees and Kigelia aethiopica ) ( 3,500 ) in the south , especially ...
Page 1017
... savanna with groves of xerophytic trees ; shrubs scattered on the slopes ; bosques of Puya raimondi and Polylepis Fauna : various small forest mammals and numerous birds Special feature : Nevado Huascarán Topography : the northern shore ...
... savanna with groves of xerophytic trees ; shrubs scattered on the slopes ; bosques of Puya raimondi and Polylepis Fauna : various small forest mammals and numerous birds Special feature : Nevado Huascarán Topography : the northern shore ...
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