Succulent Karoo
Desert ecoregion of South Africa and Namibia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Succulent Karoo is an ecoregion defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature to include regions of desert in South Africa and Namibia,[2] and a biodiversity hotspot. The geographic area chosen by the WWF for what they call 'Succulent Karoo' does not correspond to the actual Karoo.
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Succulent Karoo | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Afrotropical |
Biome | deserts and xeric shrublands |
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Geography | |
Area | 102,700 km2 (39,700 sq mi) |
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Conservation | |
Conservation status | Relatively stable[1] |
Protected | 2352 km2 (2%)[1] |
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