 The Kafue Flats consists of a complex pattern of floodplain, lagoons, ox-bow lakes, abandoning river channels, marshes and levees surrounded by grasslands and woodland zones.The flats comprise two ecoregions, the central area prone to flooding are classified as Zambezian flooded grasslands and these are surrounded by Zambezian and Mopane woodlands.The soils of the flats are heavy in texture and tend to crack widely when dry, becoming very sticky and plastic when wet.