Thorn forest: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	thorn scrub

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A flock of Fischer's lovebirds, with green bodies and orange faces, perched among the spiky branches of a thorn tree in Tanzania, Africa.

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caatinga Scrubland Forest old-growth forest coppice Fynbos mallee maquis Elfin woodland sertão Temperate forest Deforestation Deciduous forest

Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems

Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems