grassland
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If she can prove that cheetahs are worth saving, she thinks, she can help the cheetahs who are living in “the parched grassland she can only imagine. The place that would’ve been her home, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Semi-natural grassland also continues to be lost, despite being seen as a priority habitat and vital for a whole range of plants, fungi, insects, ground-nesting birds, small mammals and reptiles.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
For example, Olduvai Gorge Bed in Tanzania has been described as freshwater woodland and grassland, while the Upper Bed reflects drier woodlands and marshy areas.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026
The fear is that, if this continues, vast areas of rainforest could die away and become a savannah or dry grassland ecosystem.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
The cries of the baboons echoed in the trees across the grassland, but they didn’t attempt to approach the cliff.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.