Tropical Savanna

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Tropical Savanna
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Tropical SavannaClimate Description

• Rainy season/dry season
• Hot and warm all the time

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Tropical SavannaPrecipitation

• July- high month 17 cm
• January- low month 3 cm
• Annual rainfall 51-80 cm

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Tropical SavannaTemperature

• 26 C- 31 C

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Tropical SavannaAnimals

• Great diversity of large mammals
• Grazers migrate and follow rain
• Predators
• Herbivores eat trees at varying levels decreasing
  competition
• Wildebeests, gazelles, giraffes, rhinos

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Tropical SavannaPlants

• Grasses- shallow roots that withstand fire
• Have vertical leaves to conserve water
• Thorns and razor-sharp leaves to keep herbivores
  away
• Not a lot of trees!

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Tropical SavannaLocation

• West African Plains
• Located in the tropics near the equator