Serengeti National Park, Nature reserve in northern Tanzania
Serengeti National Park is a nature reserve in northern Tanzania spanning 14,763 square kilometers (5,700 square miles) across eastern Mara Region and northeastern Simiyu Region. It encompasses wide savanna plains, woodland patches, and river systems that support one of the largest wildlife migrations on Earth.
The area became a game reserve in 1930, covering 2,286 square kilometers (883 square miles). It expanded into a national park in 1940 and received UNESCO World Heritage designation in 1981.
The name comes from the Maasai word 'siringet', describing the endless plains. Visitors can still observe the connection between the land and the seminomadic communities who have lived alongside wildlife here for centuries.
The reserve divides into three main sections: Seronera Valley in the center, the Grumeti River corridor in the west, and the northern Lobo region. Each section offers different landscapes and wildlife viewing depending on the season.
The herds must cross the Grumeti and Mara Rivers, where about 3,000 Nile crocodiles wait; for every wildebeest taken by a crocodile, roughly 50 drown. Around 250,000 wildebeest and 30,000 plains zebras die each year from drowning, predation, exhaustion, thirst or disease.
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