Savanna BiomesSavanna Biomes

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Jordan KaczorJordan Kaczor

Mitchell ParrishMitchell Parrish

LocationsLocations• South America, Brazil, Columbia, and

Venezuela.

 

climateclimate

• Savannas have warm temperatures year round.

• They only get 4 inches of rain in the dry season.

• They get about 15-25 inches of rain in the wet season.

SEASONSSEASONS

• There are two different seasons, a very long dry season (winter) and a very wet season (summer).

temperaturestemperatures

• The temperatures are hot and dry and with low amounts of rain

• And this low average amount of rainfall leads plants to cover more area to better there chance of survival

PlantsPlants

• Acacia Senegal • Baobab • Bermuda Grass • Candelabra Tree • Elephant Grass • Gum Tree Eucalyptus • Jackalberry Tree • Jarrah tree • Kangaroo Paw • Manketti Tree • River Bushwillow • Umbrella Thorn Acacia • Whistling Thorn

PlantsPlants

• Whistling Thorn Baobab Jarrah tree

Soil TypeSoil Type

• Sandy

• Low in nutrition

• Dry

Species diversitySpecies diversity

• There are twelve different types of species:African elephant Grant’s zebraWild dog Koala bear Black mamba Lion Caracal Nigriceps antsChacma baboon Nile crocodile Egyptian mongooseEmu

Food WebFood Web

Biotic FactorsBiotic Factors

• Wild dogs, bears, lions, crocodile.

• There are about 40 different kind of species.

• These different herbivores provide a wide range of food for carnivores, like lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals and hyenas

Characteristics Characteristics

• The savanna is 2.5 million square kilometers.

• The savanna is about one quarter size of Canada.

• A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with grasses and shrubs and isolated trees.

Works CitedWorks Cited

• WWW.blue planet biomes.org

• Google .com

• http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azeleph.html,