Sudanian Savannas bioregion
The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The protection goal is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.
The Sudanian Savannas bioregion, located in the Sub-Saharan Afrotropics subrealm in the Afrotropics, is made up of two large ecoregions —West Sudanian Savanna (62) and East Sudanian Savannas (43) — stretching from the coast of Senegal to the Ethiopian highlands. In addition, it contains two unique ecoregions -- the Mandara Plateau woodlands (49) and the Sudd flooded grasslands to the east (74). These are areas of particular importance for large mammal migrations and includes a network of important national parks along the border between Benin and Burkina Faso. Fed by the White Nile in Sudan, the Sudd swamps overflow in the raining season, providing nutrients and water to one of the world’s largest floodplains. This makes it particularly important for migrations of birds and large mammals. The land area of this bioregion is approximately 290 million hectares.
The Sudanian Savannas bioregion (AT20) is located in the Sub-Saharan Afrotropics subrealm and is made up of 4 ecoregions: West Sudanian savanna [1], Mandara Plateau woodlands [2], East Sudanian savanna [3], Sudd flooded grasslands [4].
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