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Table 2 Fireline intensities and descriptions for sward burning in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

From: Personal Perspectives on Commercial versus Communal African Fire Paradigms when Using Fire to Manage Rangelands for Domestic Livestock and Wildlife in Southern and East African Ecosystems

Fireline intensity (kJ s−1 m−1)

Description

<500

Very cool

501 to 1000

Cool

1001 to 2000

Moderately hot

2001 to 3000

Hot

>3000

Extremely hot