AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tropical grasslands, called savannas when they have scattered trees, are found in regions around the equator. Savannas are hot all year and have long dry seasons followed by very wet seasons. Savanna grasses vary across continents, depending on average rainfall.

Detailed explanation-2: -Savanna Biome. A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees, which can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are also known as tropical grasslands.

Detailed explanation-3: -Savanna. Savanna is grassland with scattered individual trees. Savannas of one sort or another cover almost half the surface of Africa (about five million square miles, generally central Africa) and large areas of Australia, South America, and India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tropical grassland is often referred to as savanna which is defined as a vegetation form that denotes a continuous graminoid stratum, more or less interupted by trees or shrubs (Jones and Tothill, 1985).

Detailed explanation-5: -Savanna is Grassland with a few scattered trees. Savannas of one kind or another cover nearly half of Africa’s surface (about five million square miles, mostly in central Africa) as well as large areas of Australia, South America, and India.