East Sudanian savanna
The
East Sudanian savanna is a tropical
savanna ecoregion of central
Africa. It is the eastern half of the broad savanna belt which runs east and west across Africa, from the Atlantic to the
Ethiopian Highlands. The
Cameroon Highlands divide the East Sudanian savanna from the West Sudanian savanna. The
Sahel belt of drier
Acacia savanna lies to the north, between the Sudanian Savanna and the
Sahara Desert.
The
Sudd flooded grasslands divide the East Sudanian savanna into eastern and western blocks; the western block covers portions of northern
Cameroon, southernmost
Chad, northern
Central African Republic, and southeastern
Sudan. The more humid
Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic lies to the south, between the East Sudanian savanna and the equatorial
Congolian forests. The eastern block lies in a belt stretching from northern
Uganda along the Sudan-
Ethiopia border region, bounded on the east by the
Ethiopian Highlands of Ethiopia and
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets of southeastern Sudan and northern
Kenya, on the south by the
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic of Uganda, and on the southwest by the Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic.
Typical species are trees and shrubs of
Combretum and
Terminalia, and tall
Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum).
Threatened species include the
African Elephant (Loxodonta africana),
African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus),
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus),
Leopard (Panthera pardus),
Lion (Panthera leo), and
Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus). The
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and
Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) were formerly native to the ecoregion, but have been eliminated through over-hunting.
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East Sudanian savanna
