Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands | |
Map: | AT1313 map.png |
Map Size: | 250 |
Map Alt: | center |
Biogeographic Realm: | Afrotropical |
Biome: | Deserts and xeric shrublands |
Border: | Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Border1: | Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Area: | 101,000 |
Country1: | Kenya |
Country2: | Ethiopia |
Conservation: | vulnerable |
The Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands is a Desert and xeric shrubland ecoregion in Kenya and Ethiopia. It includes the lowlands around Lake Turkana and the Chalbi Desert east of the lake.[1]
The ecoregion is surrounded by Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets – the Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets to the south and west, and the Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets to the north and east.[2]
Protected areas include Lake Turkana National Parks in Kenya.