West Sudanian savanna

West Sudanian savanna
Sudanian savanna with bunchgrass tufts of Andropogon gayanus, Pama Reserve, Burkina Faso
Map of the West Sudanian savanna ecoregion
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biometropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
Geography
Area1,632,821 km2 (630,436 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected233,942 km2 (14%)[1]

The West Sudanian savanna is a tropical savanna ecoregion that extends across West Africa.

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

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