🌐 Middle Zambezi

Zimbabwe · Africa · Biosphere Reserve · 15.92°S, 29.45°E

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The Middle Zambezi Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located along the Zambezi River in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe. The 2,879,300 hectares (11,117 sq mi) reserve consists of riverine and terrestrial ecosystems unique to the subcontinent. Among threatened species found in the valley are the black rhino, the painted wild dog, and the nyala. The flora consist of Colophospermum/Combretum/Terminalia woodland and the Zambezi riparian forest. At Mana Pools, it comprises the only flood plain ecosystem left in the Middle Zambezi.

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Quick facts

CountryZimbabwe
Continent / regionAfrica
Protection type🌐 Biosphere Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)15.92°S, 29.45°E · view on map

Middle Zambezi is a biosphere reserve in Zimbabwe, in Africa. The details of why Middle Zambezi is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Zimbabwe

Nyanga National Park · Mana Pools · Gonarezhou National Park · Chizarira National Park · Matusadona National Park · Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park · Hwange National Park · Zambezi National Park · Victoria Falls National Park · Kazuma Pan National Park.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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