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  2. Serengeti National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Mara River, which flows through Maasai Mara National Reserve from the Kenyan highlands to Lake Victoria, is the only permanently-flowing river in the Serengeti ecosystem. [27] The park is divided into three regions: Serengeti plains: The best-known feature of the Serengeti is the almost treeless grassland in the south.

  3. Serengeti - Wikipedia

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    River and the Serengeti plains. The Serengeti has some of East Africa's finest game areas. [20] Besides being known for the great migration, the Serengeti is also famous for its abundant large predators. The ecosystem is home to over 3,000 lions, 1,000 African leopards, [21] and 7,700 to 8,700 spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). [22] The East ...

  4. Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Wikipedia

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    The area is part of the Serengeti ecosystem and, to the northwest, adjoins the SNP and is contiguous with the southern Serengeti plains. These plains also extend to the north into the unprotected Loliondo division and are kept open to wildlife through transhumance pastoralism practiced by the Maasai. The south and west of the area are volcanic ...

  5. Maasai Mara - Wikipedia

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    It is the northernmost section of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, [2] which covers around 25,000 ha (62,000 acres) in Tanzania and Kenya. [3] Maasai pastoral ranches are to the north, east and west. [3] To the south is the Serengeti Park, the Siria/Oloololo escarpment is to the west.

  6. Wildlife of Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    The spectacular wildlife witnessed in the park generally refers to the great wildebeest migration [32] where a million wildebeests [33] chase green lands across the rolling plains of Serengeti in Tanzania and Masai Mara in Kenya. Sometimes they are seen in 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) long columns migrating across the rivers to the north ...

  7. Serengeti volcanic grasslands - Wikipedia

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    The Serengeti volcanic grasslands is a tropical grassland ecoregion of Tanzania. The Serengeti volcanic grasslands are distinctive grasslands growing on deposits of volcanic ash in northern Tanzania. It includes the eastern portion of Serengeti National Park and areas south and east of the Ngorongoro Highlands. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  8. Olduvai Gorge - Wikipedia

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    A steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa, it is about 48 km long, and is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Olbalbal ward located in Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region, about 45 kilometres (28 miles) from Laetoli, another important archaeological ...

  9. Mara Region - Wikipedia

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    The Mara Region can be divided into 3 climatic zones. The northern zone resides in the Tarime District as well as parts of the Serengeti District. On average, it receives annual rainfall of 1,250-2,000 mm/year. The central zone includes much of Musoma District and eastern parts of Serengeti. It receives an annual rainfall of 900–1300 mm/year.

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