| 词条 | Succulent Karoo |
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The Succulent Karoo is a desert ecoregion of South Africa and Namibia.[1] SettingThe Succulent Karoo stretches along the coastal strip of southwestern Namibia and South Africa's Northern Cape Province, where the cold Benguela Current offshore creates frequent fogs. The ecoregion extends inland into the uplands of South Africa's Western Cape Province. It is bounded on the south by the Mediterranean climate fynbos, on the east by the Nama Karoo, which has more extreme temperatures and variable rainfall, and on the north by the Namib Desert. FloraThe Succulent Karoo is notable for the world's richest flora of succulent plants, and harbours about one-third of the world’s approximately 10,000 succulent species. 40% of its succulent plants are endemic.[2] The region is extraordinarily rich in geophytes, harbouring approximately 630 species. FaunaThe ecoregion is a centre of diversity and endemism for reptiles and many invertebrates. Of the ecoregion’s 50 scorpion species, 22 are endemic. Monkey beetles, largely endemic to southern Africa, are concentrated in the Succulent Karoo and are important pollinators of the flora. So, too, are the Hymenoptera and masarine wasps, and colletid, fideliid, and melittid bees.[3] Approximately 15 amphibians are found in this ecoregion, including three endemics; among the region’s 115 reptile species, 48 are endemic and 15 are strict endemics. The Sperrgebiet region is a hotspot for an unusual tortoise, the Nama padloper. Endemism is present, but less pronounced, among the Succulent Karoo’s bird and mammal populations.[4] ConservationThe ecoregion has been designated a biodiversity hotspot by Conservation International. External links
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5458/|title=Succulent Karoo Protected Areas - UNESCO World Heritage Centre|last=Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|website=whc.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2017-07-13}} {{Regions of Africa}}{{ecoregion-stub}}2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://enviroliteracy.org/ecosystems/hotspots-of-biodiversity/succulent-karoo/|title=Succulent Karoo - The Environmental Literacy Council|work=The Environmental Literacy Council|access-date=2017-07-13|language=en-US}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at1322|title=Southern Africa: Southern Namibia into South Africa {{!}} Ecoregions {{!}} WWF|website=World Wildlife Fund|language=en|access-date=2017-07-13}} 4. ^{{WWF ecoregion|id=at1322|name=Succulent Karoo}} 4 : Afrotropic ecozone|Deserts and xeric shrublands|Ecoregions of South Africa|Geography of South Africa |
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