tropical savannah

Warm seasonal grassland

A tropical savannah is a grassland ecosystem in warm regions, characterized by scattered trees, seasonal rainfall, and a pronounced dry season.

The landscape supports grazing animals and is found across parts of Africa, South America, and Australia: Lions hunt zebras on the African savannah.

Also spelled savanna.

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scattered trees · dry season · buffalo · grazing lands · thorn · Serengeti · wildebeest · seasonal flooding · wildlife safari · kopje · watering hole · wet season · biodiversity · indigenous practices · controlled burns · elephant · xerophytes · zebra

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biome type

tropical savannahtundra

Frigid treeless biome

boreal forest · taiga · polar desert · temperate rainforest · tropical rainforest

vegetation density

tropical savannahtropical rainforest

Humid equatorial biome with dense vegetation

jungle · dense forest · old-growth forest · cloud forest · bare rock

moisture regime

tropical savannahtropical rainforest

Humid equatorial biome with dense vegetation

swamp · wetland · bog · hot desert · Death Valley

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