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What is Vegetation?
These plants are grouped into two types;
1.The type of vegetation that is found in areas that receive a lot of rainfall is called?
2.The type of vegetation found along coastal areas is called?
Papyrus is a species of aquatic flowering plant belonging to the sedge family.
It is tender perennial native to Africa and forms tall stands of reeds-like swamp vegetation in shallow water.
This type of vegetation grows in areas that are poorly drained.
Papyrus reedsforms the main type of vegetation growing in this vegetation
The diagram below shows swampy vegetation
Areas covered by papyrus swamp vegetation
Swamp |
Country |
Bahr -el-Ghazal |
South Sudan--Ethiopia border |
Lake Kyoga |
Uganda |
Malagarasi |
Tanzania |
Yala |
Kenya |
Lorian |
Kenya |
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The picture above shows a wooded Savannah
The diagram below shows how trees grow.
Areas covered by wooded Savannah
Area |
Country |
Southern Kenya |
Kenya |
Central Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Parts of Northern Uganda |
Uganda |
Southern Sudan |
South Sudan |
Parts of Ethiopia |
Ethiopia |
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Savannah Dry grass
Acacia trees
Shrubs
Tiny bushes
Dry with less rainfall per year.
There are two types of Savannah grassland
Area |
Country |
West of the Rift valley |
Kenya |
Northern-eastern and central |
Tanzania |
North-western |
Uganda |
Southern |
Ethiopia |
Northern and central parts |
Sudan |
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Characteristics of Savannah grassland
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