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
Deforestation also decreased in the Cerrado -- a vast, biodiverse savanna south of the Amazon.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Native to temporary freshwater pools in the African savanna, these brightly colored fish have extremely short lifespans and develop many age-related problems rapidly, making them ideal for aging research.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
The centerpiece of the 13-acre-plus parkland is a curved bridge overlooking a savanna, allowing elephants to walk under guests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Much of the savanna is natural, the result of seasonal flooding.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Field data was gathered in 2022 and 2023 across different elevations in East Africa and South America, including cool mountain forests, hot tropical rainforests, and lowland savannas.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2026
Capybaras aren’t native to Mexico; they are South American, occupying savannas and vegetated areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 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
This giraffe lives in the open savannas and wooded grasslands of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Had Indonesia faced the tropical rain forests and savannas of northeastern Australia, the Macassans could have settled, but there is no evidence that they ever traveled that far.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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