which is the most accurate description of a savanna?
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The African savanna ecosystem is a tropical grassland with warm temperatures year-round and with its highest seasonal rainfall in the summer. The savanna is characterized by grasses and small or dispersed trees that do not form a closed canopy, allowing sunlight to reach the ground.
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In physical geography, a steppe (Russian: степь, IPA: [stʲepʲ]) is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: ... the temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biome.
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From north to south — from the Sahara to the humid southern coast — West Africa can be subdivided into five broad east-west belts that characterize the climate and the vegetation. These are the bioclimatic zones known as the Saharan, Sahelian, Sudanian, Guinean, and Guineo-Congolian Regions, shown in the map above.
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Zebras. ... Zebras are native to southern and central Africa. Although zebras are very adaptable animals as far as their habitats are concerned, most zebras live in grasslands and savannas. The Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi) prefers to live in sub desert and arid grasslands.
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Bipedalism traditionally has been viewed as an adaptation to open grassland or savanna country. However, to refer to the taxonomic family that includes humans and the African apes and their immediate ancestors.
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Elephants live in the Savanna biome between Swagger Rock and Boundary Spillway. They are usually found in herds of 2 or 3.
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The dominant vegetation types are grassy prairie and grass steppe in which numerous species of the grass genus Stipa are particularly conspicuous. "Pampas grass" (Cortaderia selloana) is an iconic species of the Pampas. Vegetation typically includes perennial grasses and herbs.
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The Savanna Biome is the largest Biome in southern Africa, occupying 46% of its area, and over one-third the area of South Africa. It is well developed over the lowveld and Kalahari region of South Africa and is also the dominant vegetation in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
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There are three main types of grasslands—temperate grasslands, tropical grasslands (also known as savannas), and steppe grasslands.
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Three major terrestrial ecosystems are rainforests, deciduous forests, and grasslands. Each of these ecosystems has specific characteristics that can be used to identify them. The climate of a rainforest is usually hot and wet. Heavy rainfall (around 150 cm per year) and year-round warm temperatures make it very humid.
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Regions of similar climate and dominant plant types are called biomes. This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands, temperate deciduous forests, Mediterranean scrub, coniferous forests, and tundra (Figure 4).
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Most of South Africa's landscape is made up of high, flat areas called plateaus. These lands are covered with rolling grasslands, called highveld, and tree-dotted plains called bushveld. To the east, south, and west of the plateau lands is a mountainous region called the Great Escarpment.
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['World 1: Grass Land. ... ', 'World 2: Desert Land. ... ', 'World 3: Water Land. ... ', 'World 4: Giant Land. ... ', 'World 5: Sky Land. ... ', 'World 6: Ice Land. ... ', 'World 7: Pipe Land. ... ', 'World 8: Dark Land.']
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What is the primary difference between savannas and tropical forests? Savannas have less precipitation. Tropical forests have more variable temperatures. There are no climate differences between the two.
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['Plains.', 'Forest.', 'Jungle.', 'Mountains.', 'Desert.', 'Taiga.', 'Snowy tundra.', 'Swamp.']
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The most common measurement is called the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Very low values of NDVI (0.1 and below) correspond to barren areas of rock, sand, or snow. Moderate values represent shrub and grassland (0.2 to 0.3), while high values indicate temperate and tropical rainforests (0.6 to 0.8).
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The Sahara and its oases and plateaus hold life of all kinds. Beyond the above vegetation, you can expect to find figs, oranges, acacia trees, tobacco plants, oleander, peyote cactus, and many more shrubs, trees, plants and cacti.