Is the Serengeti Plain located in northern or southern Africa?

Is the Serengeti Plain located in northern or southern Africa?

Serengeti National Park, national park and wildlife refuge on the Serengeti Plain in north-central Tanzania. It is partly adjacent to the Kenya border and is northwest of the adjoining Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Is the Serengeti on the equator?

The Serengeti Volcanic Grasslands lie just south of the Tanzanian/Kenyan border, close to the equator (between 2° and 4° S).

How cold does it get in the Serengeti?

It gets cold at night with minimum temperatures around 14°C/57°F. June, July, August & September – Occasional cold fronts are possible, with temperatures close to freezing.

Where are the Serengeti plains located in Tanzania?

The Serengeti plains form the great Serengeti ecosystem that covers areas of Central Serengeti, Southern and North of Ngorongoro conservation area and finally the North Maasai Mara ecosystem. The endless Serengeti plain run from the North Central Tanzania till the border of Kenya.

Where is the Serengeti National Park in Africa?

This region of Africa is located in north Tanzania and extends to southwestern Kenya. The Serengeti encompasses Serengeti National Park and a number of protected game reserves and conservation areas maintained by the governments of Tanzania and Kenya.

How big is the Serengeti in square miles?

The Serengeti is an expansive ecosystem in East Africa. It covers over 12,000 square miles of Tanzania’s territory and is part of the contiguous Mara – Serengeti ecosystem that extends to southwestern Kenya.

What is the Kenyan part of the Serengeti called?

The Kenyan part of the Serengeti is known as Maasai Mara. The Serengeti hosts the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world, which helps secure it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, and as one of the ten natural travel wonders of the world.