Activity: Analysing South Africa’s Biomes

Biome

Percentage

Albany Thicket

2.5%

Forest

0.1%

Fynbos

6.7%

Grassland

28.4%

Nama Karoo

20.5%

Savanna (including Indian Ocean Coastal Belt)

34.3%

Succulent Karoo (including Desert)

7.5%

  1. Use Excel and the information in the table alongside to draw up a bar graph and pie chart that show the relative sizes of the biomes of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.:

  2. The total area of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland is 1 267 606 km2.

  • Work out the area of each of the biomes in this region and display this in a table.

  • List the biomes from smallest to largest in the table.

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