There are a lot of kopjes and scattered rock boulders. The area is dominated by mountains and kopjes. The Serengeti plain is punctuated by granite and gneiss outcroppings known as kopjes. After Methuen began the march, Prinsloo posted detachments on the "kopjes" about the railway line. Kopjes, grey and bald in the hot sun, dot the countryside. They are found on rocky slopes and kopjes, riparian floodplains, or along forest margins. De la Rey would capture several kopjes in the Moot to the south. Kopjes are homes for well adapted animals. The kopjes had been obvious aiming marks for the numerically superior British artillery. Kopjes provide a microhabitat for non-plains wildlife. Small areas of riverine woodland, kopjes also exist.