VICTORIA BASIN FOREST- SAVANNA MOSAIC INTRODUCTION LOCATION TOPOGRAPHY CLIMATE PLANTS ANIMALS PEOPLE ENVIRONMENT LOCATION Victoria Basin covers 273,400 square miles of North East Africa Countrties: Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya LOCATION The Victoria Basin covers 273,400 square miles of North East Africa LOCATION TOPOGRAPHY CLIMATE The Victoria Basin is covered with scattered lakes, rivers, marshes grasslands, and savannas. Makes a great home for a wide variety of species. CLIMATE Average rainfall from is 50 inch's a year CLIMATE The average temperature from 1901 to 2009 was 72 degrees F PLANTS Home to more then 310 species or trees and shrubs PLANTS ANIMALS 280 species of birds 220 species of butterflies 100 species of moths Red-faced barbets Rufus-breasted Sparrow hawk ANIMALS Xenopus laevis (African Clawed Frog) Varanus niloticus( Nile monitor lizard) ENERGY PYRAMID Sun Decomposer PEOPLE The Victoria Basin Forest- Savanna mosaic is quickly growing in population. But excessive clearing and burning of the natural vegetation is causeing big changes and making species and plant life to disappear. WORK CITEDticus/#food_habits