Somalia-Masai regional centre of endemism

Connected Sites: 4

In identifying the natural biodiversity regions in Africa, Kingdon (1989) uses the fact that around one quarter of the known plants and animals indigenous to Africa are clustered in distinct geographical enclaves referred to as regional centres of endemism. The Somalia-Masai regional centre of endemism is dry, with rainfall rarely exceeding 500 mm a year. Over half of the 2 500 plant species found are endemic to this regional centre of endemism.

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Connected Sites

Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro
Tanzania
Inscribed: 1979
4.35
160
4
Serengeti
Serengeti
Tanzania
Inscribed: 1981
4.41
150
5
Lake Turkana
Inscribed: 1997
2.64
17
1
Mount Kenya
Inscribed: 1997
2.86
48
2
"The Area Lies At The Interface Of The Afromontane And Somali Biomes And Within The Somali – Maasai Center Of Endemism" (Ab Ev)