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Mzima Springs

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Mzima Springs are a series of four natural springs in Tsavo National Park, Kenya. [1]

25 relations: Born Free Foundation, Chyulu Hills, Cormorant, Date palm, Ficus, Food chain, Grassland, Hippopotamus, Infanticide, Invertebrate, Joan Root, Kenya, Lava, Mtito Andei, Nature documentary, Nile crocodile, Raffia palm, Savanna, Spring (hydrology), Survival (TV series), Syzygium guineense, Tsavo West National Park, Vervet monkey, Volcanic rock, Volcano.

Born Free Foundation

The Born Free Foundation is an international conservation and animal rights organisation based in the United Kingdom focusing on wild animals.

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Chyulu Hills

The Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in Makeuni County, South Eastern Kenya.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Date palm

Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit.

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Ficus

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.

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Food chain

A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria).

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Grassland

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.

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Hippopotamus

The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis).

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Infanticide

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.

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Joan Root

Joan Root (18 January 1936 — 13 January 2006) was a Kenyan conservationist, ecological activist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Lava

Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.

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Mtito Andei

Mtito Andei is a town in Makueni County, Kenya.

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Nature documentary

A natural history film or wildlife film is a documentary film about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on film taken in their natural habitat but also often including footage of trained and captive animals.

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Nile crocodile

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile, the largest freshwater predator in Africa, and may be considered the second-largest extant reptile and crocodilian in the world, after the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).

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Raffia palm

Raffia palms (Raphia) are a genus of about twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, and especially Madagascar, with one species (R. taedigera) also occurring in Central and South America.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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Spring (hydrology)

A spring is any natural situation where water flows from an aquifer to the Earth's surface.

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Survival (TV series)

Survival is one of television's longest-running and most successful nature documentary series.

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Syzygium guineense

Syzygium guineense (Kokisa) is a leafy forest tree of the Myrtaceae family, found in many parts of Africa both wild and domesticated.

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Tsavo West National Park

Tsavo West National Park is located in the Coast Province of Kenya.

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Vervet monkey

The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa.

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Volcanic rock

Volcanic rock (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) is a rock formed from magma erupted from a volcano.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzima_Springs

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