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South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region

Thousands of endemic plant species flourish in one of the planet’s hottest biodiversity hotspots.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Boundary data from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Conservation International. Photo from PxHere. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published October 28, 2023
Data acquired October 2, 2023

Sources:: Map; Photograph; Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:: International Parks and UNESCO Sites