Tree Mopane Savannah Ecozone - Kruger National Park

Tree Mopane Savannah Ecozone - Kruger National Park:

Description: The Tree Mopane Savannah Ecozone is formed on highly erosive Ecca Shale bedrock and is domminated by tall Mopane. The area is very flat and water does not penetrate very easily causing many pans to be formed.

Typical Vegetation:

Trees	Herbaceous Plants	Grasses
Mopane Knob thorn Leadwood Sheperd's tree Magic guarri Horned thorn Russet bushwillow Sickle bush Tamboti Umbrella thorn White raisin Zebrawood		Sweet grasses

Typical Animals:

Predators	Browsers	Grazers	Special Interest
Lion	Kudu	Buffalo	Sable
Hyaena	Elephant *	Sable	Sharpe's Grysbok
Wild dog	Impala *		Nyala
	Sharpe's Grysbok
	Nyala
	* Denotes animals that browse and graze

Camps:

Punda Maria Restcamp

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

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