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savanna

noun as in flat grassland

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Fires in northern and central Australia’s dry, grassy savannas are seen as more climate neutral because the grasses can regrow more quickly, he says.

The tallgrass prairie of the Great Plains or the tropical savanna in the Cerrado of Brazil, by contrast, are natural grasslands full of life.

From Vox

Currently, protected areas cover only about 8 percent of grasslands and savannas, according to his paper, compared with roughly 18 percent of forests.

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The Cerrado savanna is one of Brazil’s most ecologically diverse regions.

From Ozy

Worse, wildfires are pushing the Amazon toward a dangerous tipping point that, some scientists say, could turn large swaths of the forest into a dry savanna.

From Vox

The Savanna-La-Mar Hurricane then moved onto Cuba, killing more than 1,000, in total.

In the morning, fueled by fresh fruit and anticipation, we thundered off to Savanna-La-Mar.

After some perseverance in watching from the spot they had selected, they saw, one evening, camp fires far out on the savanna.

Beyond it stretched a savanna, where our pilot told us we should find abundance of small birds.

It was my first savanna sparrow's nest, whether eastern or western.

The jabiru, the largest bird in Guiana, feeds in the marshy savanna through which you have just passed.

From hence you proceed, in a south-west direction, through a long swampy savanna.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to savanna, such as: grassland, plain, and savannah.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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