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Lucía and Ingrid
Hot, seasonally dry grassland with scattered trees. Enviroment: intermediate between a grassland and a forest. Climate: two seasons: very long dry season and a rainy season
Description
In tropics and subtropics, often bordering a rainforest. Located in Africa, Madagascar,Australia, South
America, India and in the Myanmar-Thailand.
Location
Different populations of animals. Africa: meerkat, giraffe, impala… Australia: kangaroo, wallaby, wombat... South America: rhea, deer… India: tiger, indian wolf… Myanmar-Thailand: asiatic water buffalo…
Fauna
Long tap roots that can reach the deep water
table. Thick bark to resist annual fires. Trunks that can store water. Leaves that drop of during the winter to
conserve water. Pine ,palm and acacia trees
Flora
Umbrella Thorn Acacia
Savanna Onion
Maritime slash pine savanna
Global climate change is shifting the odds Consequence: more extreme events like fires
and floods, stronger tropical cyclons… Introduced spieces Pollution
Changes
Famers who grow cereals and other plants
that can resist long dry spells. Indigenous people there: the Nubians, the
Kualngo, the Akan, the Bushmen, the Hottentots and the best know people in this habitat, the Masai
People there