1. VICTORIA BASIN FOREST- SAVANNA MOSAIC

2. INTRODUCTION LOCATION TOPOGRAPHY CLIMATE PLANTS ANIMALS PEOPLE ENVIRONMENT

3. LOCATION Victoria Basin covers 273,400 square miles of North East Africa Countrties: Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya

4. LOCATION The Victoria Basin covers 273,400 square miles of North East Africa

5. LOCATION

6. TOPOGRAPHY

7. CLIMATE The Victoria Basin is covered with scattered lakes, rivers, marshes grasslands, and savannas. Makes a great home for a wide variety of species.

8. CLIMATE Average rainfall from 1901-2009 is 50 inch's a year

9. CLIMATE The average temperature from 1901 to 2009 was 72 degrees F

10. PLANTS Home to more then 310 species or trees and shrubs

11. PLANTS

12. ANIMALS 280 species of birds 220 species of butterflies 100 species of moths Red-faced barbets Rufus-breasted Sparrow hawk

13. ANIMALS Xenopus laevis (African Clawed Frog) Varanus niloticus( Nile monitor lizard)

14. ENERGY PYRAMID Sun Decomposer

15. PEOPLE The Victoria Basin Forest- Savanna mosaic is quickly growing in population. But excessive clearing and burning of the natural vegetation is causeing big changes and making species and plant life to disappear.

16. WORK CITED www.globalspecies.org/ecorgions http://worldwildlife.org/ecorgions http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Varanus_nilo ticus/#food_habits