SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Question
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savanna
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tundra
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steppe
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rainforest
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Detailed explanation-1: -A savanna is a grassy, usually tropical area of land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tropical grasslands, or savannas, are also the homes of primates in Africa and Asia; no savanna-living primates exist in South America. Tropical grasslands comprise a mixture of trees and grasses, the proportion of trees to grass varying directly with the rainfall.
Detailed explanation-3: -Grasslands go by many names. In the United States Midwest, they’re often called prairies. In South America, they’re known as pampas. Central Eurasian grasslands are referred to as steppes, while African grasslands are savannas.
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).