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Alkaline Intrusive Volcanic 
Alluvium - Fan Deposit 
Figure 4. The geology of Angola (after Sayre et al. 2013). 
Alluvium - Fluvial 
Alluvium - beach, strand, coastal dune 
Alluvium • Saline 
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diversity translates into a high number of plant speeies, some of whieh are endemie. The latest 
eheeklist of Angolan flora published by Figueiredo et al. (2009) enumerates 7,296 plant taxa in 250 
families and 1745 genera, of which nearly 15% are endemic, which gives Angola the second rich¬ 
est flora in Africa after South Africa. This habitat diversity, combined with the other physiograph¬ 
ic elements, has an extremely important effect on animal diversity and distribution, including those 
of amphibians and reptiles. 
