Riverine Communities Ecozone - Kruger National Park

Riverine Communities Ecozone - Kruger National Park:

Description: Riverine communities are formed alongside rivers and cross through many other landscapes. You will see many different animals coming down to drink along the rivers.

Typical Vegetation:

Trees	Herbaceous Plants	Grasses
Common cluster fig Wild date palm Matumi Apple-leaf Knob thorn Marula Leadwood Mopane Lala palm Flame creeper Pride-of-de-Kaap Red spike-thorn Weeping boer-bean Jackal-berry Brack thorn Broad-pod false-thorn Natal mahogany Nyala tree River bushwillow Sausage tree Tamboti Water elder	Reeds	Sweet grasses

Typical Animals:

Predators	Browsers	Grazers	Special Interest
Leopard	Duiker	Hippo	Baboon
	Bushbuck	Waterbuck	Clawless otter
			Nyala (North)
	* Denotes animals that browse and graze

Camps:

Other Ecozones:

Kruger National Park Links

General:

Activities & Adventures

Wildlife:

Herbaceous Plants

Maps:

Kruger National Park Map

Route Maps to the KNP

Limpopo Lowveld Map

Mpumalanga Lowveld Map

What's Interesting Nearby:

Blyde River Canyon

God's Window & Graskop

Historical Mines

Photographs:

A typical road in Kruger

The Orpen Dam view site

The Afsaal picnic site

South Africa & Southern Africa - Travel Guides - Wildlife Guides

Guides: • Activities & Interests • Regions & Areas • Routes • Maps • Nature Reserves • Wildlife - Fauna & Flora •

Animal, Fungi and Plant Kingdoms, Geomorphology, Climatology & Ecology Guides
~~ Vertebrates: • Amphibians • Birds • Fish • Mammals • Reptiles  ~~
  ~~   Invertebrates  ~~  Trees • Grasses • Herbaceous Plants • Fungi  ~~
~~   Climatology   ~~   Geomorphology   ~~   Terrestrial Ecology • Marine Ecology  ~~

Destinations Chat Education Environment e-Zine Extreme Guides Health News Volunteers