savanna
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Central Brazil's vast Cerrado savanna, however, "kept burning" at similar rates, Alencar said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Nonprofits and conservation groups estimate that there are today around 415,000 elephants in Africa, and the African savanna elephant is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
"A lot of savanna biodiversity is also sacred, which means they have cultural value in addition to ecological value," Nerlekar said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
The research used forest inventory data from 2,700 plots across the country, ranging from cool moist forests to dry savanna.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
There must be some feature of the mineral content of these stone roads that made them run in ribbon-like lines over the vast savanna, and be so resistant to weathering or cracking.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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Capybaras aren’t native to Mexico; they are South American, occupying savannas and vegetated areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
In both public perception and official policy, savannas in India and elsewhere have often been labeled "wastelands."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
The scale of the increase varied across the four different biomes surveyed, with the sharpest rise in tropical savannas.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
"We must act to save our rivers, oceans, savannas, mangroves and forests, as well as the communities that protect and live alongside them," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
The isthmus is a medley of mountains, beaches, wet tropical forests, and dry savannas, and is the most ecologically diverse area in Mesoamerica.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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