Spatial Scale and General Description

The West Sudanian Savanna is afrotropical in terms of ecoregion and 632,000 square miles in area. It stretches from Senegal to the eastern border of Nigeria. It is the yellow band that stretches across West Africa in the map above. The Guinean-Forest Savanna Mosaic is located to the south of this ecoregion and the Sahelian Acacia Savanna is located to the north of it [1] (worldwildlife.org, 2012). Some common animals that can be seen in savannas are zebras, antelopes, giraffes, and elephants. Some common plants would be grasses and trees like acacia. This ecoregion is overall flat as the elevation is somewhere around 200 to 400 meters and has annual rainfall ranging from 600mm to 1000mm [2] (Berg, 2010).

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Source: [1] http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at0722
[2] Linda R. Berg, David M. Hassenzahl, Mary C. Hager."Visualizing Environmental Science" 3rd. ed. Wiley Visualizing. September 2010. pg. 140