Succulent Karoo

Succulent Karoo
Goegap Nature Reserve, South Africa
Location of the Succulent Karoo ecoregion
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biomedeserts and xeric shrublands
Borders
Geography
Area102,700 km2 (39,700 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusRelatively stable[1]
Protected2352 km2 (2%)[1]
Map of the two Karoo ecoregions as delineated by the WWF. Satellite image from NASA. The yellow line encloses the two ecoregions. The green line separates the Succulent Karoo, on the west, from the Nama Karoo, on the east. National boundaries are shown in black.

The Succulent Karoo is an ecoregion defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature to include regions of desert in South Africa and Namibia,[2] and a biodiversity hotspot. The geographic area chosen by the WWF for what they call 'Succulent Karoo' does not correspond to the actual Karoo.

  1. ^ a b "Succulent Karoo". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Succulent Karoo Protected Areas - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-07-13.