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The Grumeti River is a river in Mara Region, Tanzania, situated almost entirely within the western corridor of Serengeti National Park. It flows westward and mouths into the Speke Gulf of Lake Victoria.
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The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in northern Tanzania that stretches over 14,763 km 2 (5,700 sq mi). [1] It is located in eastern Mara Region and northeastern Simiyu Region and contains over 1.5 million ha (3.7 million acres) of virgin savanna .
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 African cheetah is also present in ...
The Serengeti is a huge area of grassland in Tanzania. Once a year, in time of drought, animals travel north in order to survive. This "great migration", an event in which millions of wildebeests , zebras , and antelope travel several hundred miles across the plain, while lions and other dangers await them along the way, is considered one of ...
Serengeti District is one of the seven districts of Mara Region of Tanzania. Its administrative centre is the town of Mugumu . It is home to part of the world-famous Serengeti National Park a UNESCO World Heritage Site and contains one of the western gates to the park.
On the northwestern border of the famous Serengeti National Park, there is the Grumeti Game Reserve: a migration corridor for herds of animals that naturally pass through the area. [ 2 ] This is where it is easy to see the movement of huge herds of wildebeest and zebra and this describes the Serengeti/Mara ecology itself.
In sedimentology, a flute is a primary sedimentary structure consisting of a discontinuous scoop-shaped, spatulate, or lingulate depression or groove. Flutes typically range from 5–50 cm (2.0–19.7 in), in width, from 1–20 cm (0.39–7.87 in) and in depth, and from a few centimeters up to rarely 10 in (25 cm) in depth.