Serengeti
The
Serengeti is a region of
grasslands and
woodlands in
Africa that includes parts of northern
Tanzania and southern
Kenya. The whole region is spread over around thirty thousand square kilometers, with eighty percent of the region lying in Tanzania.
It has more than 1.6 million
herbivores and thousands of
predators.
Blue Wildebeests,
gazelles,
zebras and
buffalos are the animals most commonly found in the region.
This area is most famous for the
migration that takes place every year, which is considered to be one of the
seven wonders of the world. Every year around October nearly 1.5 million herbivores travel towards the southern
plains, crossing the
Mara River, from the northern hills for the rains. And then back to the north through the west, once again crossing the Mara river, after the rains in around April. This phenomenon is sometimes also called the Circular Migration. Over 250,000 wildebeest alone will die along the journey from Tanzania to upper Kenya, a total of 500 miles.
Also in this area is the
archeologically significant
Olduvai Gorge where some of the oldest
hominid fossils are found.
The Serengeti region contains the
Serengeti National Park,
Ngorongoro Conservation Area and
Maswa Game Reserve in Tanzania and the
Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
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