grassland

In other words, the data suggest dense forests gave way to more open grasslands.

Herders scooping murky water from a small pond in grasslands in South Sudan are well aware of the dangers they face if they drink it.

We cross a vast countryside - scrub and grassland plains interspersed with views of lush farms – and pass a meandering river, craggy terrain and undulating hills.

The owls inhabit grasslands, shrublands and deserts, as well as “human-altered landscapes,” including agricultural lands, golf courses and cattle pastures, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Anne Hilborn told the commission.

But for many of the people who start fires in forests or grasslands, he said, the motive appears to be “driven by some excitement they get out of it.”