Tropical grasslands are also known as :

• Tropical grassland is often referred to as savanna.
• Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses.
• There are two types of Grasslands.
  • One is tropical grasslands, which generally lie between the belts of tropical forest and desert and the other is temperate grasslands, which generally lie between deserts and temperate forests.
  • The grasslands of North America (Prairies)  and grasslands of South Africa (velds) are temperature grasslands biomes.
• The grasslands of North America are called Prairies.
  • It is a region of flat, gently sloping, or hilly land.
  • For the most part, prairies are treeless but, near the low lying plains, flanking river valleys, woodlands can be found.
  • Tallgrass, up to two metres high, dominates the landscape. It is actually a “sea of grass.”

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