text: A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses.

text: savanna

text: or

text: savannah

text: is

text: mixed

text: woodland

text: grassland

text: ecosystem

text: characterised

text: by

text: the

text: trees

text: being

text: sufficiently

text: widely

text: spaced

text: so

text: that

text: the

text: canopy

text: does

text: not

text: close

text: The

text: open

text: canopy

text: allows

text: sufficient

text: light

text: to

text: reach

text: the

text: ground

text: to

text: support

text: an

text: unbroken

text: herbaceous

text: layer

text: consisting

text: primarily

text: of

text: grasses

text: Mozambique (or ), officially the Republic of Mozambique (or "") is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest. It is separated from Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo (known as "Lourenço Marques" before independence).

text: Mozambique

text: or

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Mozambique

text: or

text: is

text: country

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Africa

text: bordered

text: by

text: the

text: Indian

text: Ocean

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: Tanzania

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Malawi

text: and

text: Zambia

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: Zimbabwe

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: and

text: Swaziland

text: and

text: South

text: Africa

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: It

text: is

text: separated

text: from

text: Madagascar

text: by

text: the

text: Mozambique

text: Channel

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: The

text: capital

text: and

text: largest

text: city

text: is

text: Maputo

text: known

text: as

text: Lourenço

text: Marques

text: before

text: independence

text: Shrubland, scrubland, scrub or brush is a plant community characterised by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It may be the mature vegetation type in a particular region and remain stable over time, or a transitional community that occurs temporarily as the result of a disturbance, such as fire. A stable state may be maintained by regular natural disturbance such as fire or browsing. Shrubland may be unsuitable for human habitation because of the danger of fire. The term "shrubland" was first coined in 1903.

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text: scrubland

text: scrub

text: or

text: brush

text: is

text: plant

text: community

text: characterised

text: by

text: vegetation

text: dominated

text: by

text: shrubs

text: often

text: also

text: including

text: grasses

text: herbs

text: and

text: geophytes

text: Shrubland

text: may

text: either

text: occur

text: naturally

text: or

text: be

text: the

text: result

text: of

text: human

text: activity

text: It

text: may

text: be

text: the

text: mature

text: vegetation

text: type

text: in

text: particular

text: region

text: and

text: remain

text: stable

text: over

text: time

text: or

text: transitional

text: community

text: that

text: occurs

text: temporarily

text: as

text: the

text: result

text: of

text: disturbance

text: such

text: as

text: fire

text: stable

text: state

text: may

text: be

text: maintained

text: by

text: regular

text: natural

text: disturbance

text: such

text: as

text: fire

text: or

text: browsing

text: Shrubland

text: may

text: be

text: unsuitable

text: for

text: human

text: habitation

text: because

text: of

text: the

text: danger

text: of

text: fire

text: The

text: term

text: shrubland

text: was

text: first

text: coined

text: in

text: The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World".

text: The

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: oceans

text: with

text: total

text: area

text: of

text: about

text: It

text: covers

text: approximately

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: Earth

text: 's

text: surface

text: and

text: about

text: percent

text: of

text: its

text: water

text: surface

text: area

text: It

text: separates

text: the

text: Old

text: World

text: from

text: the

text: New

text: World

text: The Old World consists of Africa, Europe, and Asia, regarded collectively as the part of the world known to Europeans before contact with the Americas. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the New World (Americas).

text: The

text: Old

text: World

text: consists

text: of

text: Africa

text: Europe

text: and

text: Asia

text: regarded

text: collectively

text: as

text: the

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: known

text: to

text: Europeans

text: before

text: contact

text: with

text: the

text: Americas

text: It

text: is

text: used

text: in

text: the

text: context

text: of

text: and

text: contrast

text: with

text: the

text: New

text: World

text: Americas

text: The Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses and rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "Carex" genus of "true sedges" with over 2,000 species. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges may be found growing in almost all environments, many are associated with wetlands, or with poor soils. Ecological communities dominated by sedges are known as sedgelands.

text: The

text: Cyperaceae

text: are

text: family

text: of

text: monocotyledonous

text: graminoid

text: flowering

text: plants

text: known

text: as

text: sedges

text: which

text: superficially

text: resemble

text: grasses

text: and

text: rushes

text: The

text: family

text: is

text: large

text: with

text: some

text: known

text: species

text: described

text: in

text: about

text: genera

text: the

text: largest

text: being

text: the

text: Carex

text: genus

text: of

text: true

text: sedges

text: with

text: over

text: species

text: These

text: species

text: are

text: widely

text: distributed

text: with

text: the

text: centers

text: of

text: diversity

text: for

text: the

text: group

text: occurring

text: in

text: tropical

text: Asia

text: and

text: tropical

text: South

text: America

text: While

text: sedges

text: may

text: be

text: found

text: growing

text: in

text: almost

text: all

text: environments

text: many

text: are

text: associated

text: with

text: wetlands

text: or

text: with

text: poor

text: soils

text: Ecological

text: communities

text: dominated

text: by

text: sedges

text: are

text: known

text: as

text: sedgelands

text: Woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of primary or secondary succession. Higher density areas of trees with a largely closed canopy that provides extensive and nearly continuous shade are referred to as forests.

text: Woodland

text: is

text: low

text: density

text: forest

text: forming

text: open

text: habitats

text: with

text: plenty

text: of

text: sunlight

text: and

text: limited

text: shade

text: Woodlands

text: may

text: support

text: an

text: understory

text: of

text: shrubs

text: and

text: herbaceous

text: plants

text: including

text: grasses

text: Woodland

text: may

text: form

text: transition

text: to

text: shrubland

text: under

text: drier

text: conditions

text: or

text: during

text: early

text: stages

text: of

text: primary

text: or

text: secondary

text: succession

text: Higher

text: density

text: areas

text: of

text: trees

text: with

text: largely

text: closed

text: canopy

text: that

text: provides

text: extensive

text: and

text: nearly

text: continuous

text: shade

text: are

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: forests

text: Antarctica (US English , UK English or ) is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At , it is the fifth-largest continent. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula.

text: Antarctica

text: US

text: English

text: UK

text: English

text: or

text: is

text: Earth

text: 's

text: southernmost

text: continent

text: It

text: contains

text: the

text: geographic

text: South

text: Pole

text: and

text: is

text: situated

text: in

text: the

text: Antarctic

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: Southern

text: Hemisphere

text: almost

text: entirely

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: Antarctic

text: Circle

text: and

text: is

text: surrounded

text: by

text: the

text: Southern

text: Ocean

text: At

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: fifth

text: largest

text: continent

text: For

text: comparison

text: Antarctica

text: is

text: nearly

text: twice

text: the

text: size

text: of

text: Australia

text: About

text: of

text: Antarctica

text: is

text: covered

text: by

text: ice

text: that

text: averages

text: in

text: thickness

text: which

text: extends

text: to

text: all

text: but

text: the

text: northernmost

text: reaches

text: of

text: the

text: Antarctic

text: Peninsula

text: Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the west and southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east and northeast. Although it does not border Namibia, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates it from that country. The capital and largest city is Harare. A country of roughly 13 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most commonly used.

text: Zimbabwe

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Zimbabwe

text: is

text: landlocked

text: country

text: located

text: in

text: southern

text: Africa

text: between

text: the

text: Zambezi

text: and

text: Limpopo

text: Rivers

text: It

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: South

text: Africa

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: Botswana

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: and

text: southwest

text: Zambia

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: and

text: Mozambique

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: northeast

text: Although

text: it

text: does

text: not

text: border

text: Namibia

text: less

text: than

text: metres

text: of

text: the

text: Zambezi

text: River

text: separates

text: it

text: from

text: that

text: country

text: The

text: capital

text: and

text: largest

text: city

text: is

text: Harare

text: country

text: of

text: roughly

text: million

text: people

text: Zimbabwe

text: has

text: official

text: languages

text: with

text: English

text: Shona

text: and

text: Ndebele

text: the

text: most

text: commonly

text: used

text: Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as rush family. It consists of eight genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and sedges. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions. The best-known and largest genus is "Juncus". Most of the "Juncus" species grow exclusively in wetland habitats. A few rushes are annuals, but most are perennials.

text: Juncaceae

text: is

text: family

text: of

text: flowering

text: plants

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: rush

text: family

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: eight

text: genera

text: and

text: about

text: known

text: species

text: of

text: slow

text: growing

text: rhizomatous

text: herbaceous

text: monocotyledonous

text: plants

text: that

text: may

text: superficially

text: resemble

text: grasses

text: and

text: sedges

text: They

text: often

text: grow

text: on

text: infertile

text: soils

text: in

text: wide

text: range

text: of

text: moisture

text: conditions

text: The

text: best

text: known

text: and

text: largest

text: genus

text: is

text: Juncus

text: Most

text: of

text: the

text: Juncus

text: species

text: grow

text: exclusively

text: in

text: wetland

text: habitats

text: few

text: rushes

text: are

text: annuals

text: but

text: most

text: are

text: perennials

text: Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses. Poaceae includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and cultivated lawns (turf) and pasture. Grasses have stems that are hollow except at the nodes and narrow alternate leaves borne in two ranks. The lower part of each leaf encloses the stem, forming a leaf-sheath. With ca 780 genera and around 12,000 species, Poaceae are the fifth-largest , following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae.

text: Poaceae

text: or

text: Gramineae

text: is

text: large

text: and

text: nearly

text: ubiquitous

text: family

text: of

text: monocotyledonous

text: flowering

text: plants

text: known

text: as

text: grasses

text: Poaceae

text: includes

text: the

text: cereal

text: grasses

text: bamboos

text: and

text: the

text: grasses

text: of

text: natural

text: grassland

text: and

text: cultivated

text: lawns

text: turf

text: and

text: pasture

text: Grasses

text: have

text: stems

text: that

text: are

text: hollow

text: except

text: at

text: the

text: nodes

text: and

text: narrow

text: alternate

text: leaves

text: borne

text: in

text: two

text: ranks

text: The

text: lower

text: part

text: of

text: each

text: leaf

text: encloses

text: the

text: stem

text: forming

text: leaf

text: sheath

text: With

text: ca

text: genera

text: and

text: around

text: species

text: Poaceae

text: are

text: the

text: fifth

text: largest

text: following

text: the

text: Asteraceae

text: Orchidaceae

text: Fabaceae

text: and

text: Rubiaceae

text: Multiracial is defined as made up of or relating to people of many races. Many terms exist for people of various multiracial backgrounds. While some of the terms used in the past are considered insulting and offensive, there are many socially acceptable modern terms that multiracial people identify with. These include "mixed-race" (or simply "mixed"), "biracial", "multiracial", "métis", "mestizo", "mulatto", "dougla", and "pardo".

text: Multiracial

text: is

text: defined

text: as

text: made

text: up

text: of

text: or

text: relating

text: to

text: people

text: of

text: many

text: races

text: Many

text: terms

text: exist

text: for

text: people

text: of

text: various

text: multiracial

text: backgrounds

text: While

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: terms

text: used

text: in

text: the

text: past

text: are

text: considered

text: insulting

text: and

text: offensive

text: there

text: are

text: many

text: socially

text: acceptable

text: modern

text: terms

text: that

text: multiracial

text: people

text: identify

text: with

text: These

text: include

text: mixed

text: race

text: or

text: simply

text: mixed

text: biracial

text: multiracial

text: métis

text: mestizo

text: mulatto

text: dougla

text: and

text: pardo

text: The Witwatersrand aka The Reef, is a 56-kilometre-long north-facing scarp in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite sedimentary rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which account for the name Witwatersrand, meaning the ridge of white waters in Afrikaans. This eastwest-running scarp can be traced with only one short gap from Bedfordview (about 10 km west of O.R. Tambo International Airport) in the east, through Johannesburg and Roodepoort, to Krugersdorp in the west (see the diagram bottom-left below).

text: The

text: Witwatersrand

text: aka

text: The

text: Reef

text: is

text: long

text: north

text: facing

text: scarp

text: in

text: the

text: Gauteng

text: Province

text: of

text: South

text: Africa

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: hard

text: erosion

text: resistant

text: quartzite

text: sedimentary

text: rock

text: over

text: which

text: several

text: north

text: flowing

text: rivers

text: form

text: waterfalls

text: which

text: account

text: for

text: the

text: name

text: Witwatersrand

text: meaning

text: the

text: ridge

text: of

text: white

text: waters

text: in

text: Afrikaans

text: This

text: eastwest

text: running

text: scarp

text: can

text: be

text: traced

text: with

text: only

text: one

text: short

text: gap

text: from

text: Bedfordview

text: about

text: km

text: west

text: of

text: O.R.

text: Tambo

text: International

text: Airport

text: in

text: the

text: east

text: through

text: Johannesburg

text: and

text: Roodepoort

text: to

text: Krugersdorp

text: in

text: the

text: west

text: see

text: the

text: diagram

text: bottom

text: left

text: below

text: The Bantu languages, technically the Narrow Bantu languages (as opposed to "Wide Bantu", a loosely defined categorization which includes other Bantoid languages), constitute a traditional branch of the NigerCongo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and "Ethnologue" counts 535 languages. Bantu languages are spoken largely east and south of present-day Cameroon, that is, in the regions commonly known as Central Africa, Southeast Africa, and Southern Africa. Parts of the Bantu area include languages from other language families (see map).

text: The

text: Bantu

text: languages

text: technically

text: the

text: Narrow

text: Bantu

text: languages

text: as

text: opposed

text: to

text: Wide

text: Bantu

text: loosely

text: defined

text: categorization

text: which

text: includes

text: other

text: Bantoid

text: languages

text: constitute

text: traditional

text: branch

text: of

text: the

text: NigerCongo

text: languages

text: There

text: are

text: about

text: Bantu

text: languages

text: by

text: the

text: criterion

text: of

text: mutual

text: intelligibility

text: though

text: the

text: distinction

text: between

text: language

text: and

text: dialect

text: is

text: often

text: unclear

text: and

text: Ethnologue

text: counts

text: languages

text: Bantu

text: languages

text: are

text: spoken

text: largely

text: east

text: and

text: south

text: of

text: present

text: day

text: Cameroon

text: that

text: is

text: in

text: the

text: regions

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: Central

text: Africa

text: Southeast

text: Africa

text: and

text: Southern

text: Africa

text: Parts

text: of

text: the

text: Bantu

text: area

text: include

text: languages

text: from

text: other

text: language

text: families

text: see

text: map

text: A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. The term typically refers to the zone in which the organism lives and where it can find food, shelter, protection and mates for reproduction. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population.

text: habitat

text: is

text: an

text: ecological

text: or

text: environmental

text: area

text: that

text: is

text: inhabited

text: by

text: particular

text: species

text: of

text: animal

text: plant

text: or

text: other

text: type

text: of

text: organism

text: The

text: term

text: typically

text: refers

text: to

text: the

text: zone

text: in

text: which

text: the

text: organism

text: lives

text: and

text: where

text: it

text: can

text: find

text: food

text: shelter

text: protection

text: and

text: mates

text: for

text: reproduction

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: natural

text: environment

text: in

text: which

text: an

text: organism

text: lives

text: or

text: the

text: physical

text: environment

text: that

text: surrounds

text: species

text: population

text: A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant. It is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 6 m (20 ft) tall. Plants of many species may grow either into shrubs or trees, depending on their growing conditions. Small, low shrubs, generally less than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall, such as lavender, periwinkle and most small garden varieties of roses, are often termed subshrubs.

text: shrub

text: or

text: bush

text: is

text: small

text: to

text: medium

text: sized

text: woody

text: plant

text: It

text: is

text: distinguished

text: from

text: tree

text: by

text: its

text: multiple

text: stems

text: and

text: shorter

text: height

text: usually

text: under

text: ft

text: tall

text: Plants

text: of

text: many

text: species

text: may

text: grow

text: either

text: into

text: shrubs

text: or

text: trees

text: depending

text: on

text: their

text: growing

text: conditions

text: Small

text: low

text: shrubs

text: generally

text: less

text: than

text: ft

text: tall

text: such

text: as

text: lavender

text: periwinkle

text: and

text: most

text: small

text: garden

text: varieties

text: of

text: roses

text: are

text: often

text: termed

text: subshrubs

text: FOREST (short for "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity.

text: FOREST

text: short

text: for

text: Freedom

text: Organisation

text: for

text: the

text: Right

text: to

text: Enjoy

text: Smoking

text: Tobacco

text: is

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: political

text: pressure

text: group

text: which

text: campaigns

text: against

text: tobacco

text: control

text: activity

text: Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20.4 % of its total land area. With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states (countries), nine territories and two "de facto" independent states with limited or no recognition.

text: Africa

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: second

text: largest

text: and

text: second

text: most

text: populous

text: continent

text: At

text: about

text: million

text: million

text: square

text: miles

text: including

text: adjacent

text: islands

text: it

text: covers

text: of

text: Earth

text: 's

text: total

text: surface

text: area

text: and

text: of

text: its

text: total

text: land

text: area

text: With

text: billion

text: people

text: as

text: of

text: it

text: accounts

text: for

text: about

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: human

text: population

text: The

text: continent

text: is

text: surrounded

text: by

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: Sea

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: both

text: the

text: Suez

text: Canal

text: and

text: the

text: Red

text: Sea

text: along

text: the

text: Sinai

text: Peninsula

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: the

text: Indian

text: Ocean

text: to

text: the

text: southeast

text: and

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: The

text: continent

text: includes

text: Madagascar

text: and

text: various

text: archipelagos

text: It

text: contains

text: fully

text: recognized

text: sovereign

text: states

text: countries

text: nine

text: territories

text: and

text: two

text: de

text: facto

text: independent

text: states

text: with

text: limited

text: or

text: no

text: recognition

text: Temperate grasslands, savannahs, and shrublands are terrestrial biomes whose predominant vegetation consists of grass and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid.

text: Temperate

text: grasslands

text: savannahs

text: and

text: shrublands

text: are

text: terrestrial

text: biomes

text: whose

text: predominant

text: vegetation

text: consists

text: of

text: grass

text: and/or

text: shrubs

text: The

text: climate

text: is

text: temperate

text: and

text: ranges

text: from

text: semi

text: arid

text: to

text: semi

text: humid

text: Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae), however sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. Grasslands are found in most ecoregions of the Earth. For example, there are five terrestrial ecoregion classifications (subdivisions) of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome (ecosystem), which is one of eight terrestrial ecozones of the Earth's surface.

text: Grasslands

text: are

text: areas

text: where

text: the

text: vegetation

text: is

text: dominated

text: by

text: grasses

text: Poaceae

text: however

text: sedge

text: Cyperaceae

text: and

text: rush

text: Juncaceae

text: families

text: can

text: also

text: be

text: found

text: Grasslands

text: occur

text: naturally

text: on

text: all

text: continents

text: except

text: Antarctica

text: Grasslands

text: are

text: found

text: in

text: most

text: ecoregions

text: of

text: the

text: Earth

text: For

text: example

text: there

text: are

text: five

text: terrestrial

text: ecoregion

text: classifications

text: subdivisions

text: of

text: the

text: temperate

text: grasslands

text: savannas

text: and

text: shrublands

text: biome

text: ecosystem

text: which

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: eight

text: terrestrial

text: ecozones

text: of

text: the

text: Earth

text: 's

text: surface

text: The Eastern Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of the earth that is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, England) and west of the antimeridian. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, in contrast with the Western Hemisphere, which includes North and South America. This hemisphere may also be called the "Oriental Hemisphere". In addition, it may be used in a cultural or geopolitical sense as a synonym for the "Old World".

text: The

text: Eastern

text: Hemisphere

text: is

text: geographical

text: term

text: for

text: the

text: half

text: of

text: the

text: earth

text: that

text: is

text: east

text: of

text: the

text: prime

text: meridian

text: which

text: crosses

text: Greenwich

text: England

text: and

text: west

text: of

text: the

text: antimeridian

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: used

text: to

text: refer

text: to

text: Europe

text: Asia

text: Africa

text: and

text: Australia

text: in

text: contrast

text: with

text: the

text: Western

text: Hemisphere

text: which

text: includes

text: North

text: and

text: South

text: America

text: This

text: hemisphere

text: may

text: also

text: be

text: called

text: the

text: Oriental

text: Hemisphere

text: In

text: addition

text: it

text: may

text: be

text: used

text: in

text: cultural

text: or

text: geopolitical

text: sense

text: as

text: synonym

text: for

text: the

text: Old

text: World

text: An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than an ecozone. All three of these are either less or greater than an ecosystem. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural communities and species. The biodiversity of flora, fauna and ecosystems that characterise an ecoregion tends to be distinct from that of other ecoregions. In theory, biodiversity or conservation ecoregions are relatively large areas of land or water where the probability of encountering different species and communities at any given point remains relatively constant, within an acceptable range of variation (largely undefined at this point).

text: An

text: ecoregion

text: ecological

text: region

text: is

text: an

text: ecologically

text: and

text: geographically

text: defined

text: area

text: that

text: is

text: smaller

text: than

text: bioregion

text: which

text: in

text: turn

text: is

text: smaller

text: than

text: an

text: ecozone

text: All

text: three

text: of

text: these

text: are

text: either

text: less

text: or

text: greater

text: than

text: an

text: ecosystem

text: Ecoregions

text: cover

text: relatively

text: large

text: areas

text: of

text: land

text: or

text: water

text: and

text: contain

text: characteristic

text: geographically

text: distinct

text: assemblages

text: of

text: natural

text: communities

text: and

text: species

text: The

text: biodiversity

text: of

text: flora

text: fauna

text: and

text: ecosystems

text: that

text: characterise

text: an

text: ecoregion

text: tends

text: to

text: be

text: distinct

text: from

text: that

text: of

text: other

text: ecoregions

text: In

text: theory

text: biodiversity

text: or

text: conservation

text: ecoregions

text: are

text: relatively

text: large

text: areas

text: of

text: land

text: or

text: water

text: where

text: the

text: probability

text: of

text: encountering

text: different

text: species

text: and

text: communities

text: at

text: any

text: given

text: point

text: remains

text: relatively

text: constant

text: within

text: an

text: acceptable

text: range

text: of

text: variation

text: largely

text: undefined

text: at

text: this

text: point

text: Secondary succession is one of the two types of ecological succession of plant life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event (e.g. forest fire, harvesting, hurricane) that reduces an already established ecosystem (e.g. a forest or a wheat field) to a smaller population of species, and as such secondary succession occurs on preexisting soil whereas primary succession usually occurs in a place lacking soil.

text: Secondary

text: succession

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: two

text: types

text: of

text: ecological

text: succession

text: of

text: plant

text: life

text: As

text: opposed

text: to

text: the

text: first

text: primary

text: succession

text: secondary

text: succession

text: is

text: process

text: started

text: by

text: an

text: event

text: e.g.

text: forest

text: fire

text: harvesting

text: hurricane

text: that

text: reduces

text: an

text: already

text: established

text: ecosystem

text: e.g.

text: forest

text: or

text: wheat

text: field

text: to

text: smaller

text: population

text: of

text: species

text: and

text: as

text: such

text: secondary

text: succession

text: occurs

text: on

text: preexisting

text: soil

text: whereas

text: primary

text: succession

text: usually

text: occurs

text: in

text: place

text: lacking

text: soil

text: The number and type of plants, how leafy they are, and how healthy they are. In places where foliage is dense and plants are growing quickly, the index is high, represented in dark green. Regions where few plants grow have a low vegetation index, shown in tan. The index is based on measurements taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite. Areas where the satellite did not collect data are gray.

text: The

text: number

text: and

text: type

text: of

text: plants

text: how

text: leafy

text: they

text: are

text: and

text: how

text: healthy

text: they

text: are

text: In

text: places

text: where

text: foliage

text: is

text: dense

text: and

text: plants

text: are

text: growing

text: quickly

text: the

text: index

text: is

text: high

text: represented

text: in

text: dark

text: green

text: Regions

text: where

text: few

text: plants

text: grow

text: have

text: low

text: vegetation

text: index

text: shown

text: in

text: tan

text: The

text: index

text: is

text: based

text: on

text: measurements

text: taken

text: by

text: the

text: Moderate

text: Resolution

text: Imaging

text: Spectroradiometer

text: MODIS

text: on

text: NASAs

text: Terra

text: satellite

text: Areas

text: where

text: the

text: satellite

text: did

text: not

text: collect

text: data

text: are

text: gray

text: An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. As ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms, and between organisms and their environment, they can be of any size but usually encompass specific, limited spaces (although some scientists say that the entire planet is an ecosystem).

text: An

text: ecosystem

text: is

text: community

text: of

text: living

text: organisms

text: in

text: conjunction

text: with

text: the

text: nonliving

text: components

text: of

text: their

text: environment

text: things

text: like

text: air

text: water

text: and

text: mineral

text: soil

text: interacting

text: as

text: system

text: These

text: biotic

text: and

text: abiotic

text: components

text: are

text: regarded

text: as

text: linked

text: together

text: through

text: nutrient

text: cycles

text: and

text: energy

text: flows

text: As

text: ecosystems

text: are

text: defined

text: by

text: the

text: network

text: of

text: interactions

text: among

text: organisms

text: and

text: between

text: organisms

text: and

text: their

text: environment

text: they

text: can

text: be

text: of

text: any

text: size

text: but

text: usually

text: encompass

text: specific

text: limited

text: spaces

text: although

text: some

text: scientists

text: say

text: that

text: the

text: entire

text: planet

text: is

text: an

text: ecosystem

text: Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland (or ; Swazi: "Umbuso weSwatini"; sometimes called kaNgwane or Eswatini), is a sovereign state in Southern Africa. It is neighboured by Mozambique to its northeast and by South Africa to its north, west and south. The country and its people take their names from Mswati II, the 19th-century king under whose rule Swazi territory was expanded and unified.

text: Swaziland

text: officially

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Swaziland

text: or

text: Swazi

text: Umbuso

text: weSwatini

text: sometimes

text: called

text: kaNgwane

text: or

text: Eswatini

text: is

text: sovereign

text: state

text: in

text: Southern

text: Africa

text: It

text: is

text: neighboured

text: by

text: Mozambique

text: to

text: its

text: northeast

text: and

text: by

text: South

text: Africa

text: to

text: its

text: north

text: west

text: and

text: south

text: The

text: country

text: and

text: its

text: people

text: take

text: their

text: names

text: from

text: Mswati

text: II

text: the

text: century

text: king

text: under

text: whose

text: rule

text: Swazi

text: territory

text: was

text: expanded

text: and

text: unified

text: Gauteng, which means "place of gold", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially named PretoriaWitwatersrandVereeniging (PWV) and was renamed "Gauteng" in December 1994.

text: Gauteng

text: which

text: means

text: place

text: of

text: gold

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: nine

text: provinces

text: of

text: South

text: Africa

text: It

text: was

text: formed

text: from

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: old

text: Transvaal

text: Province

text: after

text: South

text: Africa

text: 's

text: first

text: all

text: race

text: elections

text: on

text: April

text: It

text: was

text: initially

text: named

text: PretoriaWitwatersrandVereeniging

text: PWV

text: and

text: was

text: renamed

text: Gauteng

text: in

text: December

text: Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is an enclaved, landlocked country in southern Africa completely surrounded by South Africa. It is just over in size and has a population slightly over two million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru.

text: Lesotho

text: officially

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Lesotho

text: is

text: an

text: enclaved

text: landlocked

text: country

text: in

text: southern

text: Africa

text: completely

text: surrounded

text: by

text: South

text: Africa

text: It

text: is

text: just

text: over

text: in

text: size

text: and

text: has

text: population

text: slightly

text: over

text: two

text: million

text: Its

text: capital

text: and

text: largest

text: city

text: is

text: Maseru

text: Botswana , officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as "Batswana" (singular: "Motswana"). Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections.

text: Botswana

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Botswana

text: is

text: landlocked

text: country

text: located

text: in

text: Southern

text: Africa

text: The

text: citizens

text: refer

text: to

text: themselves

text: as

text: Batswana

text: singular

text: Motswana

text: Formerly

text: the

text: British

text: protectorate

text: of

text: Bechuanaland

text: Botswana

text: adopted

text: its

text: new

text: name

text: after

text: becoming

text: independent

text: within

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: on

text: September

text: Since

text: then

text: it

text: has

text: maintained

text: strong

text: tradition

text: of

text: stable

text: representative

text: democracy

text: with

text: consistent

text: record

text: of

text: uninterrupted

text: democratic

text: elections

text: South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland, and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 56 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (white), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (coloured) ancestry.

text: South

text: Africa

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: South

text: Africa

text: RSA

text: is

text: the

text: southernmost

text: country

text: in

text: Africa

text: It

text: is

text: bounded

text: on

text: the

text: south

text: by

text: of

text: coastline

text: of

text: Southern

text: Africa

text: stretching

text: along

text: the

text: South

text: Atlantic

text: and

text: Indian

text: Oceans

text: on

text: the

text: north

text: by

text: the

text: neighbouring

text: countries

text: of

text: Namibia

text: Botswana

text: and

text: Zimbabwe

text: and

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: northeast

text: by

text: Mozambique

text: and

text: Swaziland

text: and

text: surrounding

text: the

text: kingdom

text: of

text: Lesotho

text: South

text: Africa

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: by

text: land

text: area

text: and

text: with

text: close

text: to

text: million

text: people

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: nation

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: southernmost

text: country

text: on

text: the

text: mainland

text: of

text: the

text: Old

text: World

text: or

text: the

text: Eastern

text: Hemisphere

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: only

text: country

text: that

text: borders

text: both

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: and

text: the

text: Indian

text: Ocean

text: About

text: percent

text: of

text: South

text: Africans

text: are

text: of

text: Sub

text: Saharan

text: African

text: ancestry

text: divided

text: among

text: variety

text: of

text: ethnic

text: groups

text: speaking

text: different

text: Bantu

text: languages

text: nine

text: of

text: which

text: have

text: official

text: status

text: The

text: remaining

text: population

text: consists

text: of

text: Africa

text: 's

text: largest

text: communities

text: of

text: European

text: white

text: Asian

text: Indian

text: and

text: multiracial

text: coloured

text: ancestry

text: A biome is a formation of plants and animals that have common characteristics due to similar climates and can be found over a range of continents. Spanning continents, Biomes are distinct biological communities that have formed in response to a shared physical climate. Biomes are distinct from habitats, because any biome can comprise a variety of habitats.

text: biome

text: is

text: formation

text: of

text: plants

text: and

text: animals

text: that

text: have

text: common

text: characteristics

text: due

text: to

text: similar

text: climates

text: and

text: can

text: be

text: found

text: over

text: range

text: of

text: continents

text: Spanning

text: continents

text: Biomes

text: are

text: distinct

text: biological

text: communities

text: that

text: have

text: formed

text: in

text: response

text: to

text: shared

text: physical

text: climate

text: Biomes

text: are

text: distinct

text: from

text: habitats

text: because

text: any

text: biome

text: can

text: comprise

text: variety

text: of

text: habitats

text: Earth, otherwise known as the world, is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets.

text: Earth

text: otherwise

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: world

text: is

text: the

text: third

text: planet

text: from

text: the

text: Sun

text: and

text: the

text: only

text: object

text: in

text: the

text: Universe

text: known

text: to

text: harbor

text: life

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: densest

text: planet

text: in

text: the

text: Solar

text: System

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: of

text: the

text: four

text: terrestrial

text: planets

text: Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and eGoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. It is the provincial capital of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. While Johannesburg is not one of South Africa's three capital cities, it is the seat of the Constitutional Court. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade.

text: Johannesburg

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: Jozi

text: Joburg

text: and

text: eGoli

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: South

text: Africa

text: and

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: largest

text: urban

text: areas

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: provincial

text: capital

text: of

text: Gauteng

text: which

text: is

text: the

text: wealthiest

text: province

text: in

text: South

text: Africa

text: While

text: Johannesburg

text: is

text: not

text: one

text: of

text: South

text: Africa

text: 's

text: three

text: capital

text: cities

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: seat

text: of

text: the

text: Constitutional

text: Court

text: The

text: city

text: is

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: mineral

text: rich

text: Witwatersrand

text: range

text: of

text: hills

text: and

text: is

text: the

text: centre

text: of

text: large

text: scale

text: gold

text: and

text: diamond

text: trade

text: Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara desert. According to the UN, it consists of all African countries that are fully or partially located south of the Sahara. It contrasts with North Africa, whose territories are part of the League of Arab states within the Arab world. Somalia, Djibouti, Comoros and Mauritania are geographically in Sub-Saharan Africa, but are likewise Arab states and part of the Arab world.

text: Sub

text: Saharan

text: Africa

text: is

text: geographically

text: the

text: area

text: of

text: the

text: continent

text: of

text: Africa

text: that

text: lies

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: Sahara

text: desert

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: UN

text: it

text: consists

text: of

text: all

text: African

text: countries

text: that

text: are

text: fully

text: or

text: partially

text: located

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: Sahara

text: It

text: contrasts

text: with

text: North

text: Africa

text: whose

text: territories

text: are

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: League

text: of

text: Arab

text: states

text: within

text: the

text: Arab

text: world

text: Somalia

text: Djibouti

text: Comoros

text: and

text: Mauritania

text: are

text: geographically

text: in

text: Sub

text: Saharan

text: Africa

text: but

text: are

text: likewise

text: Arab

text: states

text: and

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Arab

text: world

text: Delta Park is one of the biggest parks in Johannesburg , South Africa . It is adjacent to the suburbs of Blairgowrie and Victory Park . It comprises 108 hectares of grassland and woodland , and three tree - lined dams . It has walking trails , a `` sensory trail '' and bird watching hides . It incorporates the Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary and the Delta Environmental Centre . The latter offers wildlife - related courses to adults and children , including holiday programmes ; about 20 000 children take part in the programmes every year .

text: Delta

text: Park

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: biggest

text: parks

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