![]() ![]() The grasses are dense, tall, and coarsely tugged. In the Springbok Flats, clay thorn bushveld also occur, with an open savannah dominated by many Acacia species, such as A. The dominant vegetation is a mix of the winder-deciduous mopane tree and other species such as Acacia tortillis and A. The distribution of woody vegetation is determined by elephant browsing activity and fire as well as the rainfall, topography, and geologic substrate. The ecoregion is made up of a continuous herbaceous layer interspersed with woody stratum. The dominant geology includes granite and gneiss with local intrusions of gabbro. The terrain is generally flat or gently undulating along the floors of the major river valleys, with average elevations of 450 m and decreasing elevations to the east. The flagship species of the Limpopo Lowveld ecoregion is the southern white rhinoceros. The ecoregion falls largely within the tropical summer-rainfall zone, with precipitation largely confined to summer, from October to May (wet season), and the annual average rainfall is approximately 630 mm, with the most rainfall falling during convective thunderstorms. The ecoregion is a low-lying landscape extending from just south of Swaziland up to the Mozambique-South African border with the foot slopes of the Drakensberg Great Escarpment to the west and the Mozambique coastal plain to the east. In face of mounting poaching pressure for their horn, Kruger National Park still remains the most important contributor to conservation of the wild rhinos in South Africa and possibly the world. Over half of the total population of south-central black rhinos-384 individuals in 2015-are protected in Kruger National Park, together with 8,875 white rhinos, the majority of which individuals were found south of the Olifants River. ![]() The Limpopo Lowveld ecoregion is one of the world’s key strongholds for southern white and south-central black rhinos. States: Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa ![]()
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