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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 ...
It is a major river crossing for the Serengeti Great migration. During May to August, thousands of wildebeest and other animals cross the crocodile-infested waters. [1] It is famed for this sight alongside Mara River. [2]
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 Grumeti Game Reserve is found in Tanzania.It was established in 1993. This site is 411 km 2. [1]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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The western white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) also known as Mearn's white-bearded wildebeest, Mearn's wildebeest, [1] Serengeti white-bearded wildebeest, or the Serengeti wildebeest, [2] is a subspecies of the blue wildebeest being the smallest, and lightest subspecies of the species.