savanna

Example Sentences

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Set in the Llanos de Moxos, a vast network of savannas, gallery forests, and floodplains that make up the largest wetland system in the Amazon basin, this area has inspired curiosity for centuries.

From Science Daily

Biologists typically posit that human ancestors learned to walk on two legs on the savanna's flat expanses.

From Scientific American

More than 1 million of the ungulates migrate across almost 10,000 square miles of savanna.

From Salon

“But that’s not an honest understanding of what was here prior to Euro-American contact: a pretty diverse matrix of trees, sunny open meadows and savanna spaces in between,” he says.

From Seattle Times

The rainforest, already struggling with challenges from climate change and deforestation, could eventually transform into something more like a grassy savanna, releasing the vast stores of carbon held in its trees.

From Salon