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Albany thickets
African bush elephants in Addo Elephant National Park
Map of the Albany thickets
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
BiomeMediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders
List
  • Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands, and forests
  • Kwazulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
  • Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
  • Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
  • Montane fynbos and renosterveld
  • Nama Karoo
Geography
Area17,100 km2 (6,600 sq mi)
CountriesSouth Africa
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered

The Albany thickets is an ecoregion of dense woodland in southern South Africa, which is concentrated around the Albany region of the Eastern Cape (whence the region's name originates).

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habitats including Vachellia and Senegalia savanna, Euclea bushlands, Albany thickets, and even desert. They browse for food in the morning and evening....

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sections of the Great Kei River flow through Albany thickets and Forest biomes, terminating in Indian coastal thicket at its mouth. The Kei river mouth hosts...

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