A report on Savanna
Mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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Grassland
4 linksDominated by grasses .
Dominated by grasses .
Quite tall grasses can be found in North American tallgrass prairie, South American grasslands, and African savanna.
Biome
4 linksDistinct biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to a shared regional climate.
Distinct biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to a shared regional climate.
Tropical savanna
Forest
3 linksArea of land dominated by trees.
Area of land dominated by trees.
Under land-use definitions, there is considerable variation on where the cutoff points are between a forest, woodland, and savanna.
Herbaceous plant
2 linksHerbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
Some habitats, like grasslands and prairies and savannas, are dominated by herbaceous plants along with aquatic environments like ponds, streams and lakes.
Cerrado
0 linksThe Cerrado is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais and the Federal District.
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
2 linksTerrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Savanna is grassland with scattered trees.
Köppen climate classification
0 linksOne of the most widely used climate classification systems.
One of the most widely used climate classification systems.
East from the Andes, between the dry, arid Caribbean and the ever-wet Amazon are the Orinoco River's Llanos or savannas, from where this climate takes its name.
Belize
0 linksCaribbean country on the northeastern coast of Central America.
Caribbean country on the northeastern coast of Central America.
F Savanna, scrubland and wetland constitute the remainder of Belize's land cover.
Taíno language
0 linksExtinct Arawakan language that was spoken by the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
Extinct Arawakan language that was spoken by the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
English words derived from Taíno include: barbecue, caiman, canoe, cassava, cay, guava, hammock, hurricane, hutia, iguana, macana, maize, manatee, mangrove, maroon, potato, savanna, and tobacco.
New Guinea
0 linksWorld's second-largest island with an area of 785753 km2.
World's second-largest island with an area of 785753 km2.
New Guinea contains many of the world's ecosystem types: glacial, alpine tundra, savanna, montane and lowland rainforest, mangroves, wetlands, lake and river ecosystems, seagrasses, and some of the richest coral reefs on the planet.