savanna
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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
"These centuries-old stories provide us a rare glimpse into the past, and that the past was a savanna past, not a forested past," 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
Namibia had also proposed overturning the ban on African savanna elephant ivory - this too was defeated.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
In a broad reach of savanna, the Beni’s original inhabitants built raised fields—artificial platforms of soil that lift crops above the floodwaters.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - High School
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