Tsavo

Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:One source Tsavo is a region of Kenya located at the crossing of the Uganda Railway over the Tsavo River, close to where it meets the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River.<ref name="Patterson2004">Template:Cite book</ref> Two national parks, Tsavo East and Tsavo West are located in the area.

The meaning of the word Tsavo is still unclear, but because of tribal conflicts, the Kamba people used to refer to the region as the place of "slaughter". Until the British put an end to the slave trade in the late 19th century, Tsavo was continually crossed by caravans of trans-Saharan slave traders and their captives.

Flora and fauna

Typical flora of the region includes:

• Acacia
• Myrrh
• Baobab

Typical fauna of the region includes:

• African bush elephant
• Giraffe
• African buffalo
• Gazelle
• Klipspringer
• Kudu
• Leopard
• Lion<ref name="Patterson2004"/>
• Cheetah

See also

• Railway stations in Kenya
• Tsavorite

External links

• Tsavo National Park
• Field Museum of Natural History – Tsavo Lion Exhibit
• Guide to resources related to the Tsavo Lions at the Field Museum Library
• Man-Eating Lions Not Aberrant, Experts Say – National Geographic News, 4 January 2004