landscape and hot and dry climate come together to form the natural habitat of Around 70 large animal species and over 700 bird species. The geography and climate of the Serengeti vary greatly from place to place. In the south‚ there are huge grasslands and plains. To the north are the savannahs‚ which have famous granite outcrops‚ called kopjes in them. To the north of the savannah lie the wooded hilly regions‚ which are home to elephants. The climate of the Serengeti plays a large factor in
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"SAVANNA Biome" What is a SAVANNA BIOME? * Savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are also known as tropical grasslands. What is the CLIMATE in a Savanna? * The Savanna biome has a wet/dry climate. Its Köppen climate group is Aw. The A stands for a tropical climate‚ and the w for a dry season in the winter. * In the wet season‚ all of the plants are lush and the rivers flow freely
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AFRICAN SAVANNA! Description: Savannahs are considered tropical grasslands because they are located at tropical latitudes‚ however much drier than many tropical forests. There is a distinct dry season‚ which is in the winter. Savannas get all their rain in the summer months. During the dry season‚ most of the plants shrivel up and die‚ some rivers dry up‚ and most of the animals migrate to find food. In the wet season all of the plants are lush and the rivers flow freely. The animals migrate
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African Savannas The African Savanna is one of the largest tropical grasslands in the world. Tropical grasslands are known to have 90-150 cm of rainfall every year‚ a large area filled with grass‚ and being warm year round with a dry and rainy period. The climate in an African Savanna can range from 68o to 86oF. There are two seasons that are dry and wet on the environment‚ the winter lasts from October to March. The dry climate is caused by the lack of precipitation which can result in droughts
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the picture. I can clearly see the door‚ windows‚ and even the color of the house. This leads me to believe that Christina is focusing on the front of the house. I see what appears to be a typical farm in rural America‚ somewhere in a Midwestern grassland state. This farm however‚ has no livestock‚ or crops. I see a shed to the right‚ and a barn about fifty yards to the left of the house. If I look closely‚ birds can be seen flying from the barn. Is this a possible sign of abandonment? Judging
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Grassland (Savanna) The Grassland (Savanna) is nothing but grass‚ shrubs and isolated trees. The grasslands can be located between a tropical rain forest and a desert. Unlike the rainforest‚ the Savanna Grassland happens to not have enough rainfall to support a forest. Savanna’s especially are known to be tropical grasslands and are found on either side of the equator‚ right on the edges of the more tropical rainforests
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Ben Hansen Mr. Baladez American Lit 21 April 2013 The Road to Nowhere As I drive along the long endless road‚ bound by dry lifeless vegetation on both sides – which roughly came up to knee height; I was also admiring the low floating grayish clouds above – as if they were billowing off the remains of a fire just extinguished‚ and now leaving the minds of all who used to enjoy it. Off in the distance‚ small rolling hills resembled the arched backs of the tired men who built this road. They
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The Face on the Milk Carton is a Contemporary Realistic Fiction. It covers many ideas but the main one is : Identity. The Face on the Milk Carton is a book about a 15 year-old high school student in Connecticut‚ Janie Johnson. One day at lunch she looks at the missing child picture on her friend’s milk carton and recognizes the girl in the picture – it’s her. The milk carton says the girl‚ Jennie Spring‚ was kidnapped from a shopping mall in New Jersey twelve years ago. That afternoon‚ Janie begins
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The short story “How the Leopard Got His Spots” by Rudyard Kipling starts out in a time when all animals in the High Veldt were very plain. The leopard was the most plain and blended in with the yellowish sand color of the desert the best. This enabled him to hide and kill the other animals like the zebra and giraffe with ease. There was also an Ethiopian man‚ who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard; and the two would hunt together. Eventually the other animals realized they needed a change
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Black-tailed Prairie Dogs‚ Nicole Lee‚ Biology 101‚ concepts of Biology‚ Aviano Air Base‚ 20 April 2007 Although Prairie Dogs name includes the word "dog‚" they are not dogs but rodents. They belong to Kingdom Animalia. Prairie dog’s scientific name is Cynomys. The black-tailed prairie dogs‚ the most common kind‚ is named as Cynomys ludovicianus‚ the Latin form of Ludwig of Louis relating back to the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806‚ when prairie dogs were first collected for science (2)
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