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Figure 6. Annual mean precipitation in Angola (after Hijmans et al. 2005). 
Province and then following the Angolan-Namibian border eastwards. Last, the Esearpment Zone 
is represented by a diseontinuous series of moist vegetation types that follow the Angolan Escarp¬ 
ment from the eoastal areas of Zaire, Bengo, Luanda, and Kwanza Sul Province to inland Huam- 
bo and Huila. Depending on the location in Angola, the Esearpment Zone shares affinities with 
neighboring biomes but may also act as a barrier between them. 
In eontrast to Huntley (1974), other reeent authors have taken a more fine-grained approaeh to 
characterizing Angolan habitats. This led Olson et al. (2001) to recognize 15 different ecoregions 
for Angola (Fig. 7): Atlantic Equatorial Coastal Forest in northeastern Cabinda Province (Fig. 8), 
Western Congolian Forest-Savanna Mosaie in Cabinda, Zaire, Uige and Malanje provinees (Fig. 
9); Central African Mangroves in northeast Zaire Province, following the Zaire River mouth; 
Southern Congolian Savanna Mosaic in parts of Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul and Malanje; an exten¬ 
sive Angolan Scarp Savanna and Woodland area, forming a continuous distribution from the 
