(in E Africa) a dry wooded area with sparse deciduous growth
Word origin
C19: probably from a Niger-Congo language
Examples of 'miombo' in a sentence
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The study revealed increasing miombo woodland cover density with decreasing unsustainable utilization.
Z. J. Lupala, L. P. Lusambo, Y. M. Ngaga, Angelingis A. Makatta 2015, 'The Land Use and Cover Change in Miombo Woodlands under Community Based Forest Managementand Its Implication to Climate Change Mitigation: A Case of Southern Highlands ofTanzania', International Journal of Forestry Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/459102. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moist forest and miombo woodland differed substantially with respect to nearly all variables tested.
Deo D Shirima, Marion Pfeifer, Philip J Platts, Ørjan Totland, Stein R Moe 2015, 'Interactions between Canopy Structure and Herbaceous Biomass along Environmental Gradientsin Moist Forest and Dry Miombo Woodland of Tanzania.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4641655?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These differences were largely attributable to lower basal area and presumably lower leaf biomass in miombo stands.
Benard S. Guedes, Bengt A. Olsson, Almeida A. Sitoe, Gustaf Egnell 2018, 'Net primary production in plantations of Pinus taeda and Eucalyptus cloeziana comparedwith a mountain miombo woodland in Mozambique', Global Ecology and Conservationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989417302469. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The two classification approaches both produced 14 types belonging to three macro-groups: mopane, miombo and alluvial woodlands.
Francesco Martini, Robert Cunliffe, Alessio Farcomeni, Michele de Sanctis, Giacomod'Ammando, Fabio Attorre 2016, 'Classification and mapping of the woody vegetation of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe',Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Sciencehttps://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1388. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)