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scrubland Figure 2: Vegetation profile of a scrubland. Victoria, Australia: scrubland Altiplano vegetation
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Also Known As heathland • scrub • shrubland

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scrubland
Figure 2: Vegetation profile of a scrubland.
Victoria, Australia: scrubland
Altiplano vegetation
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
Ecosystems