Miombo

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Miombo is the Swahili word for Brachystegia, a genus of tree comprising a large number of species. Miombo woodland is characterized by the predominant presence of these species growing in semi-arid tropical savanna or rocky areas.

Miombo is a Bantu word and hence also used in several of the languages in the region, such as Shona and Bemba.

[edit] Miombo woodland ecoregions

• Angolan Miombo woodlands (Angola)
• Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia)
• Eastern Miombo woodlands (Mozambique, Tanzania)
• Southern Miombo woodlands (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

[edit] External links

• http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/forests-grasslands-drylands/map-234.html