Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets

Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
	Elephants in Tsavo East National Park
	Map of the Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets ecoregion
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Borders	List East African montane forests; East Sudanian savanna; Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands; Northern Zanzibar–Inhambane coastal forest mosaic; Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets; Southern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets;
Geography
Area	326,000 km2 (126,000 sq mi)
Countries	Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Conservation
Conservation status	vulnerable
Global 200	yes
Protected	20.46%

The Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets are a tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands ecoregion in eastern Africa. The ecoregion is mostly located in Kenya, extending north into southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda and southwestern Ethiopia and south into Tanzania along the Kenya-Tanzania border.