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Geb is the ancient Egyptian god of the earth, representing the physical landscape, vegetation, and fertility. He is typically depicted as a man reclining beneath the arched body of the sky goddess, Nut, with the air god, Shu, separating them. In Egyptian mythology, he is the father of Osiris, Isis,...

The Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld is a specific savanna vegetation type located in the lowveld region of northeastern South Africa. Categorized under the South African National Biodiversity Institute's vegetation map, the landscape is ecologically defined by the prominence of mopane trees, which t...

Granite Lowveld is a specific vegetation type classified within the Savanna biome of South Africa, mapped and monitored by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). It occurs primarily in the Lowveld regions of Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, taking its name from the underlying gr...

The Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld is a savanna vegetation type primarily located in the low-lying areas of northeastern South Africa, including regions within Kruger National Park. Categorized as SVl 5 in the South African National Biodiversity Institute's Vegetation Map, this ecosystem is defined...

The Zululand Lowveld is a savanna vegetation type found in the low-lying areas of northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Classified in SANBI's national vegetation map, it forms part of the broader Savanna Biome that characterizes much of southern Africa's warmer, lower-elevation regions. The land...

Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld is a recognized savanna vegetation type in northeastern South Africa. It occurs in hot, low-lying terrain characterized by rocky slopes and shallow soils, with mopane, Colophospermum mopane, forming a prominent part of the woody vegetation. The classification is used by bot...

Delagoa Lowveld is a SANBI VEGMAP Savanna biome vegetation type, used in biodiversity planning and listed among 88 savanna units with code SVl 4.

Tsende Mopaneveld is a specific savanna vegetation type found in southern Africa, categorized within the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) vegetation map. It is characterized by a dominant canopy of the mopane tree (Colophospermum mopane), which thrives in the region's alkaline a...

The Green Man is a decorative foliate head or face, often carved with leaves emerging from or surrounding the mouth, nose, or hair. The motif appears in medieval European churches and later in secular architecture, but its meaning is not fixed: it has been interpreted in relation to vegetation, seas...

VhaVenda Miombo is a southern African Savanna vegetation type, listed in SANBI VegMap as SVcb 22 and notable as miombo-style woodland in Limpopo's Venda region.

Lebombo Summit Sourveld is a vegetation type of the Lebombo Mountains in southern Africa. It is classified within the Savanna biome and occurs on high parts of the mountain range in South Africa, with related distribution extending toward Eswatini. The vegetation is characterized by grassy, sourveld...

Barberton Serpentine Sourveld is a South African vegetation type in the Savanna biome and the Moist Sour Lowveld Savanna ecosystem group. It occurs in the Barberton area of Mpumalanga and is associated with serpentine-derived soils and sourveld vegetation. In the SANBI vegetation classification it h...

Northern Lebombo Bushveld is a formally mapped savanna vegetation type associated with the northern Lebombo Mountains and the lowveld region of southern Africa. It occurs in the broader cross-border landscape of South Africa and Mozambique, where warm conditions support grasses, shrubs, and trees ad...

Southern Lebombo Bushveld is a mapped vegetation type in South Africa's savanna biome. It occurs in and around the southern Lebombo range and is identified in the South African National Biodiversity Institute's vegetation map as SVl 16. The name describes an ecological community, not a single reserv...

Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld is a savanna vegetation type in the northern part of Kruger National Park in South Africa. It is characterized by deep sandy soils, which create conditions different from the park's heavier-soil landscapes, and by plant communities adapted to those conditions. The area...

Cathedral Mopane Bushveld is a vegetation type in South Africa's Savanna biome, classified by the South African National Biodiversity Institute within the Mopane Bushveld ecosystem group. SANBI assigns it the code SVmp 3, lists its ecosystem threat status as Least Concern, and records an extent of a...

Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld is a vegetation unit in South Africa's SANBI VEGMAP classification. It belongs to the Savanna biome and is identified by the code SVcb 4, so the name refers to a mapped ecological region and its characteristic plant community rather than to a single species o...

Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld is a vegetation type in the South African National Biodiversity Institute's national vegetation map. It is classified within South Africa's Savanna Biome and identified by the code SVl 7 in the vegetation mapping system. The name refers to rocky bushveld around Gravelotte i...

Andesite Mountain Bushveld is a vegetation type defined within South Africa's national vegetation mapping system, VEGMAP, maintained by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. It belongs to the Savanna biome and is identified by the code SVcb 11. The classification is used in ecological d...

Eastern Valley Bushveld is a vegetation type classified within South Africa's Savanna biome in the SANBI VEGMAP system. The classification is used to describe and map a particular ecological unit in biodiversity planning and environmental assessment. It is associated with valley bushveld vegetation...

Central Sandy Bushveld is a SANBI VEGMAP Savanna biome vegetation type, used in biodiversity planning and listed among 88 savanna units with code SVcb 12.

Legogote Sour Bushveld is a South African savanna vegetation type found in Mpumalanga, including areas along the Queens River valley and the lower eastern slopes of the northeastern escarpment. It forms woodland with medium to large shrubs and a grass layer that includes species such as Parinari cur...

Northern Zululand Sourveld is a savanna vegetation type in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, recognized by its unpalatable sour grasses and scattered forest patches in coastal valleys.

Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld is a vegetation type in South Africa's Savanna Biome, identified in the SANBI Vegetation Map as SVk 15. It occurs in the Northern Cape along mountain ridges and bushveld landscapes associated with the Korannaberg and Langeberg areas. The vegetation type is part of...

South Eastern Coastal Thornveld is a vegetation type in southern Africa, classified by the South African National Biodiversity Institute as SVs 8 in the national vegetation map. It is associated with the south-eastern coastal region and is characterized by thornveld vegetation, in which thorny trees...

Nossob Bushveld is a vegetation type of the Kalahari region, associated with the dry Nossob River basin in South Africa and Botswana. It consists mainly of woody shrubs, grasses, and scattered trees adapted to low and irregular rainfall, sandy soils, and a semi-arid climate. The vegetation forms par...

Aoub Duneveld is a SANBI VEGMAP Savanna biome vegetation type, used in biodiversity planning and listed among 88 savanna units with code SVkd 3.

Molopo Bushveld is a vegetation type and semi-arid savanna region associated with South Africa's North West province and the Molopo area. Its plant communities occur in a transitional zone influenced by the dry Kalahari environment to the west and comparatively wetter bushveld vegetation farther eas...

Gordonia Duneveld is a vegetation type in the South African National Biodiversity Institute's VEGMAP classification. It belongs to the Savanna biome and describes a duneveld plant community associated with sandy terrain in South Africa. The classification is used in ecological mapping, conservation...