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{{Short description|Flooded grassland ecoregion in Africa}}
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|image = Jabirú africano (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), delta del Okavango, Botsuana, 2018-07-31, DD 11.jpg
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|caption = [[Saddle-billed stork]] ''(Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)'' in Botswana's [[Okavango Delta]].
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|map_caption = Map showing the Zambezian flooded grasslands
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|countries = [[Angola]], [[Botswana]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]], [[Namibia]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Zambia]]
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The '''Zambezian flooded grasslands''' is an [[ecoregion]] of southern and eastern [[Africa]] that is rich in wildlife.
==Setting==
The Zambezian [[flooded grassland]]s can be found on seasonally- or permanently
▲[[Image:AT0907 map.png|thumb|Map showing the Zambezian flooded grasslands]]
▲The Zambezian [[flooded grassland]]s can be found on seasonally or permanently flooded lowlands in the basin of the [[Zambezi]] and neighboring river basins. These enclaves lie in the broad belt of dry and not very fertile [[Miombo woodland|Miombo and Mopane savannas and woodlands]] that extend east and west across Africa, in broad band from northern [[Botswana]] and [[Namibia]] in the west to [[Tanzania]] and [[Mozambique]] in the east.
Large enclaves of flooded grassland include:
* [[Ulanga River|Kilombero Valley]] and [[Mkata Plain]] in southern Tanzania
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* The [[Okavango Delta]] in [[Botswana]]
* around [[Lake Chilwa]] in [[Malawi]]
* The [[Barotse Floodplain]], [[Kafue Flats]], [[Busanga Swamp]], and [[Lukanga Swamp]] in the Zambezi basin of [[Zambia]].
* The upper [[Chambeshi River]], [[Bangweulu Swamp]], the [[Luapula River]] delta south of [[Lake Mweru]], and [[Lake Mweru
The region has a tropical climate with a hot wet summer between November and March.
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==Fauna==
Even during the dry season, the floodplains sustain a great deal of wildlife including grazing [[African
The large numbers of birds, especially waterbirds, in the floodplains include [[
==Threats and preservation==
Despite the [[tsetse fly]] and the swampy water the floodplains have long been home to rural communities, such as the [[Lozi people]] in the Barotse Floodplain and the [[Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe|Tonga]] in the Kafue Flats, but are mostly unspoilt and large areas are protected. However, wildlife is still vulnerable to poaching and illegal farming or grazing of livestock. Meanwhile as the population in this part of Africa is continually growing demand for water and farmland places the floodplains under constant threat as land is polluted or farmed, grassland set on fire and rivers are dammed or diverted. The Kafue Flats have been drastically changed by the damming of the river and similar projects are planned for the Okavango.
Protected areas include the Okavango Delta, the Bangweulu, Moyowosi and Kilombero swamps and the Kafue Flats and in addition Lake Chilwa is a [[Ramsar site|Ramsar]] birding area. Of these Okavango is the largest and best-known, being mostly within the [[Moremi Game Reserve]], having spectacular wildlife and a well-developed safari industry based in the town of [[Maun, Botswana|Maun]]. In Zambia [[Lochinvar National Park|Lochinvar]] and [[Blue Lagoon National Park]]s
==References and external links==
* {{WWF ecoregion|name=Zambezian flooded savannas|id=at0907}}
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[[Category:Afrotropical ecoregions]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Angola]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Botswana]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Malawi]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Mozambique]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Namibia]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Tanzania]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Zambia]]
[[Category:Flooded grasslands and savannas]]
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