非洲大草原

Area of vast savanna climate distribution reasons
• One, the terrain is relatively flat plateau continent. • Two, relative equatorial symmetric distribution, and high temperatures. • Three, Deputy High control small precipitation. Many land-based wind landpower wind, the sea breeze was weak, and many A dry northerly airstream.
Did you Know? ... some interesting facts about African Wildlife
Now ,let me introduce some wild animals to you. First, let us enjoy some pictures.
Description and Characteristics Feeding/drinking Habits Habitat Size & Lifespan Predators and Threats
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• Lions are unique in that they are the only cats to live in groups (prides). They are the largest member of the cat family and the largest of all the African carnivores. They are also the top predator in any African ecosystem where they live.
African elephant's body is very large and cumbersome.It is the largest land mammal. male and female African elephants are dimorphism (male and female sexes in shape or physical characteristics are different).It has been ranked by the United States endangered species Act and the World Conservation Union as threatened species and is included in Appendix I by CITES, but in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia, the three countries, the African elephant is drawn back to Appendix II.
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Where does the tropical veldt distribute?
• In both north and south sides of the tropical rain forest. There are rainy season and dry season in a year. The whole year precipitation are less than the tropical rain forest. When the rainy season comes, it is very torrid and rainy and the trees are luxuriant. When the dry season comes, the majority of trees all fall leaves and the grass is also withered. There are a lot of animals such as the giraffe, the zebra and so on plants carnivorous animals and food animals like lion, hyena. When it is the dry season ,the animals have to migrate to the place with float grass.
Feeding/drinking Habits:
As carnivores, feeding entirely on the flesh of other mammals, lions have 30 teeth, including large piercing canines to grab and kill prey, scissor like molars to slice into flesh, and small incisors to scrape meat from bones. Much of their hunting is done at night and in the very early dawn. When feeding on a large kill, a lion can eat almost 36 kg of meat in one feeding and then not need to eat for several days. On average, a lion needs to eat about 5 kg of meat daily.
African savannah
This is the broad veldt!!
Geography
• It locates in south-west of the eastern southhemisphere and crosses the north and south of the equator . Parts of north-west extend into norththe western hemisphere. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west; the North just across the Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar is close to the Europe; North-east corner of the NorthRed Sea and Suez Canal abuts against the Asia. abuts
Description and Characteristics:
Lions are Tawny in color, varying from silvery yellow to reddish brown with paler undersides (female belly yellowish to almost white); yellow to black mane. Faint, leopard like spots are generally found on the young which is sometimes kept into maturity. Males have thick mane around the head that extend down the chest between the forelegs and varies in color from blond to black, whereas females do not have manes Lions have massive shoulders and strong forelimbs, long, sharp claws, and short, powerful jaws. A Lions' roar can be heard by humans more than 8 km away. Prides of lions are generally composed of related females, whilst a typical prides contains around 13 lions, large prides can contain as many as 40 lions, while some prides will have a few as two members. A prides home range varies in size from 20-400 km². 20Lions are mainly nocturnal and are reputed to sleep or rest for about 20 hours a day. You will often find them lying under a shady bush, particularly after they've fed following a kill.
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Bird Watching Tour
Africa, a paradise for bird-watching tourists birdAfrica become a bird-watching paradise with its birdunique natural resources. It has been said that “You will never be able to find a country such as Kenya which can make people so close to nature on the earth ". Kenya’s wildlife, it is Kenya’ difficult to say the number of it clearly . The birds are closely 100 kinds and the most famous is Flamingo. Therefore, we cannot help to watch Flamingo when we take a African tourism.
African Lion
Description and Characteristics : Feeding/drinking Habits Habitat Size & Lifespan Predators and Threats
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Habitat: The lion is found throughout the south Sahara desert and in parts of southern and eastern Africa. They are generally seen on grassy plains, savannas, and dry woodlands but never seen in heavily forested areas. The lion can be found in most of the National Parks and Reserves in Africa. Size & Lifespan Males reach up to a shoulder height of 1.2meters and weight between 150-250kgs, females are 150smaller and reach a shoulder height of 1.05m and weigh up between 120 -180 kgs. Lions live for 121216 years in the wild and 25 years in captivity.