Serengeti
Vast Tanzanian plain
The Serengeti is a vast grassland ecosystem in East Africa, spanning northern Tanzania and southwestern Kenya.
It is famous for its wildlife and the annual migration of over a million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras—one of the largest animal migrations on Earth.
We watched a documentary about predators on the Serengeti.
Tropical grassland, sparse trees
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- acaciaThorny warm-climate shrub
- wildebeestLarge African grazing antelope
- zebraStriped African horse relative
lion · migration · Maasai · Tanzania · kopje · baobab · cheetah · hyena
Large African grazing antelope
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- herdGrazing animals together
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- crocodileLarge semiaquatic tropical reptile
calving · annual · cyclical · drought · grazing · survival · predation · timing
Protected land for conservation
- UNESCOCultural arm of UN
- protectedKept from harm
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- anti-poachingCombating illegal animal killing
wildlife corridor · endangered · preservation · ranger · sanctuary · tourism revenue · habitat loss · ivory
East African ethnic group
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
warrior · tradition · coexistence · Leakey · archaeology · human origins · tribal · ancestry
savanna
Tropical grassland, sparse trees
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- acaciaThorny warm-climate shrub
- wildebeestLarge African grazing antelope
zebra · lion · migration · Maasai · Tanzania · kopje · baobab · cheetah · hyena · gazelle
wildebeest
Large African grazing antelope
crocodile · calving · annual · cyclical · drought · grazing · survival · predation · timing · corridor
national park
Protected land for conservation
anti-poaching · wildlife corridor · endangered · preservation · ranger · sanctuary · tourism revenue · habitat loss · ivory · rhino
Maasai
East African ethnic group
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
cattle · warrior · tradition · coexistence · Leakey · archaeology · human origins · tribal · ancestry · East Africa
game drive
Guided wildlife viewing trip
jeep · binoculars · wildlife photography · Big Five · sundowner · bush · tracker · tented · luxury · Hemingway
- Biosphere ReservesYellowstone, Galapagos, Everglades, Sundarbans, Kruger
- East African LandmarksMount Kenya, Lake Victoria, Mount Kilimanjaro, Great Rift Valley, Hell's Gate
- Tanzania PlacesZanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Mara, Mount Kilimanjaro
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- destinationsParis, Hawaii, Rome, Maldives, Santorini
SerengetiAmazon rainforest
Largest tropical forest ecosystem
Congo Basin · jungle · tropical rainforest · Sahara Desert · Antarctica
SerengetiManhattan
NYC's densest borough
Tokyo · Los Angeles · urban sprawl · industrial zone · megacity
SerengetiDead Sea
Landlocked hypersaline lake
Death Valley · lunar landscape · wasteland · sterile environment
- Serengeti plainsTanzanian grassland ecosystem