Xeric shrubland ecoregion on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia
Nama Karoo
A map of South Africa showing the Nama Karoo ecoregion as defined by WWF
Ecology
Realm
Afrotropic
Biome
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Geography
Area
135,600 km2 (52,400 sq mi)
Countries
South Africa
Namibia
Coordinates
30°S21°E / 30°S 21°E / -30; 21
Nama Karoo is a xeric shrubland ecoregion located on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia. It occupies most of the interior of the western half of South Africa and extends into the southern interior of Namibia.[1]
^"Nama Karoo". Ecoregions. Worldwildlife.org. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
NamaKaroo is a xeric shrubland ecoregion located on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia. It occupies most of the interior of the western half...
succulent Karoo and the NamaKaroo, although both, like the geological Karoo Supergroup, are more extensive than the geographical or historical Karoo described...
east by the NamaKaroo, which has more extreme temperatures and variable rainfall, and on the north by the Namib Desert. Succulent Karoo vegetation types...
The Karoo National Park is a wildlife reserve in the Great Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West. This semi-desert area covers...
ecoregions that have a high degree of biodiversity and endemism: The NamaKaroo of Namibia has the world's richest desert fauna. The Chihuahuan desert...
as the Karoo padloper or Boulenger's cape tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to the NamaKaroo Region...
goeiekaroo, "good karoo", Pentzia incana) is a plant native to South Africa and Namibia. It ranges throughout the Succulent Karoo, NamaKaroo, renosterveld...
transitional zone between the coastal Succulent Karoo ecoregion in the west, and the drier NamaKaroo to the east. Rainfall in the Richtersveld varies...
in Namaqualand, Vanrhynsdorp serves as a gateway to the Succulent Karoo and NamaKaroo regions to the north and east. Vanrhynsdorp was founded as Trutro...
opponents voicing concerns about potentially adverse environmental impacts. The Karoo is the geographic area that is the focus of future hydraulic fracturing...
badger was suspected to have broken up the shells of tent tortoises in the NamaKaroo. In India, honey badgers are said to dig up buried human corpses. Despite...
little species inhabits a range of environments, from the dry, sandy NamaKaroo, to the high grasslands and cold mountain slopes of Lesotho, and the shady...
occurs in many types habitat: fynbos heathland, succulent karoo, thickets, grassland, and NamaKaroo. Breeding takes place in permanent and temporary waterbodies...
to Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. Found most abundantly in the NamaKaroo, the plant is registered under the SANBI Red List as "safe" (LC). The...
increase the protection range of three unprotected ecoregions, including the NamaKaroo ecoregion from 1.5% to 2%; and in doing so, conserve the vulnerable quiver...
the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa, especially in the NamaKaroo. It is listed as "safe" (LC) on the SANBI Red List. Stipagrostis namaquensis...
woodland in South Africa NamaKaroo – Xeric shrubland ecoregion on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia Succulent Karoo – Desert ecoregion of...
sandaster, the Karoo dancer or Karoo sandman, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is only known from the arid NamaKaroo of the eastern...
biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, NamaKaroo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal...
biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, NamaKaroo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal...
inhabit the east of the country in grasslands and move into the Fynbos, NamaKaroo and Southern Kalahari during the non-breeding season. Despite this movement...
the Karoo. Ostrich, 58(3), 97-102. Visagie, R. (2009). Growth and development of a Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus chick in the eastern NamaKaroo. Gabar...
modify their local environment, creating a patchwork of habitats in the NamaKaroo ecosystem. Soils in heuweltjies are finer-grained, contain more water...
Roaring Sands’. Olifantshoek is situated within both the Savanna and Nama-Karoo biomes, and is a semi-arid region. Average yearly rainfall is 242mm per...
Great Karoo, a semi-desert region that is divided by the Great Escarpment into the Upper Karoo (at an elevation of 1,100–1,600 m) and the Lower Karoo (at...
ecoregion in Southern Africa NamaKaroo – Xeric shrubland ecoregion on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia Succulent Karoo – Desert ecoregion of...
five of the seven South African biomes, namely the Thicket, Grassland, Nama-Karoo, Fynbos and Forest Biomes. A number of municipal nature reserves have...
represented by these locations are: mixed tree and shrub savannah, NamaKaroo and Succulent Karoo. N. namaqua is believed to be a generalist when choosing a host...
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