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    chosen by the WWF for what they call 'Succulent Karoo' does not correspond to the actual Karoo. The Succulent Karoo stretches along the coastal strip of...
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    succulent Karoo and the Nama Karoo, although both, like the geological Karoo Supergroup, are more extensive than the geographical or historical Karoo...
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    (SKs 6) Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland (SKk 8) Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland (SKn 5) Prince Albert Succulent Karoo (SKv 13) Richtersveld Coastal...
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    the only protected area of Succulent Karoo was the 2 square kilometre patch of the Gamkaberg Nature Reserve. Succulent Karoo has, together with the Cape...
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    succulent species, most residing in the succulent Karoo biome. While it is often thought that most succulents come from dry areas such as steppes, semi-desert...
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    town in Namaqualand, Vanrhynsdorp serves as a gateway to the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo regions to the north and east. Vanrhynsdorp was founded as Trutro...
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    within the semi-desert Succulent Karoo biome. This biome is a biodiversity hotspot with the largest concentration of succulent plants in the world. The...
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    Africa. The smallest species is Pneumoracris browni occurring in the Succulent Karoo ecoregion, while the largest is the wide-ranging Afromontane forest...
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    Fund. Cowling, S. 2001. "Succulent Karoo". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Van Jaarsveld, E. J. 1987. The succulent riches of South Africa...
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    Bush vlei rat (redirect from Karoo Bush Rat)
    Rodents from the Succulent Karoo of South Africa", Oxford Journals. Accessed 31 Oct. 2016. Vermeulen, H.C.; Nel, J.A.J. (1988). "The bush Karoo rat Otomys unisulcatus...
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    Namaqualand (category Karoo)
    typical municipality is Kamiesberg Local Municipality. The semidesert Succulent Karoo region experiences hot summers, sparse rainfall, and cold winters....
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    Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-11-20. "Succulent Karoo Protected Areas". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-11-20...
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  • in Southern Africa Nama Karoo – Xeric shrubland ecoregion on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia Succulent Karoo – Desert ecoregion of South...
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    goeiekaroo, "good karoo", Pentzia incana) is a plant native to South Africa and Namibia. It ranges throughout the Succulent Karoo, Nama Karoo, renosterveld...
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    maximum size of 8 in (20 cm) SVL. O. cataphractus is endemic to the Succulent Karoo biome in the Northern and the Western Cape provinces of South Africa...
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    is a transitional zone between the coastal Succulent Karoo ecoregion in the west, and the drier Nama Karoo to the east. Rainfall in the Richtersveld varies...
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  • and the Indian Ocean Islands (9) Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany (27) Succulent Karoo (13) Central Asia Mountains of Central Asia (31) South Asia Eastern...
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  • Thumbnail for Robertson Karoo
    is a subtype of Succulent Karoo (geographically an extension of the "Little Karoo") and is characterised by the dominance of succulent plant species, and...
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    change will affect the plant life in the area, specifically in the Succulent Karoo. Drier winters may lead to the extinction of these plants, as they...
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    Three races are accepted. C. c. coryphoeus Habitat and range: Nama and Succulent Karoo, strandveld and thicket in arid savanna of western Lesotho, the southern...
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    Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal...
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    opponents voicing concerns about potentially adverse environmental impacts. The Karoo is the geographic area that is the focus of future hydraulic fracturing...
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    Italy, phrygana in Greece, tomillares in Spain, fynbos, renosterveld, Succulent Karoo, and strandveld in South Africa, kwongan in Southwest Australia and...
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  • Succulent Karoo and Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany). The site is characterised by high endemism of plant species (1,325 species including 182 Succulent Karoo...
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    ("mouse-head") is a rare dwarf species of succulent plant of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to a very small area in the Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa....
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    located a few kilometres north of the town. Nieuwoudtville is in the Succulent Karoo biome, which has less than 200 mm rainfall in winter and is even more...
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    The Karoo eremomela (Eremomela gregalis), also known as the yellow-rumped eremomela, is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage...
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  • woodland in South Africa Nama Karoo – Xeric shrubland ecoregion on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia Succulent Karoo – Desert ecoregion of South...
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    occurs in many types habitat: fynbos heathland, succulent karoo, thickets, grassland, and Nama Karoo. Breeding takes place in permanent and temporary...
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  • within the Succulent Karoo ecoregion. The known localities of the scorpion span four different vegetation types that fall under the Succulent Karoo biome:...
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