Grasslands

Grasslands — page 1 — INTRODUCTION E Some parts of the world are large open NEs areas of land covered in grass These places It are called grasslands They sometimes have is a few trees scattered across them The places where animals or plants live and grow are called biomes P some animals and plants live in deserts tropical forests or oceans And some have adapted to survive in grasslands Not all grasslands are the same Some are in hot tropical parts of the world There are tropical grasslands in Africa South In America and Australia Temperate a grasslands are different They get It cold in winter and are found in North America Central Asia and Argentina Read on to find out what grasslands are like and how plants animals and it people live in

Grasslands — page 2 — OOOOOOO Lions live in tropical grasslands in Africa This male is sitting in long grass EAST AFRICA This tropical grassland is in Tanzania in East Africa Some acacia trees grow among the grass The mountain in the distance is named

Grasslands — page 3 — S GRASSLANDS OF SGS The grasslands of the world are called different names prairies in North America steppes in S Central Asia and savannas in Africa is NORTH AMERICA Many prairies in North America have been made into farmland Capybaras live on the Llanos grasslands in Venezuela SOUTH AMERICA Gemsbok oryx live on the savanna Rest in southern Africa Sadly they are is often hunted for their

Grasslands — page 4 — THE WORLD Temperate grassland Tropical grassland ASIA EUROPE The people of the steppes in Kazakhstan were some of the first people to tame and ride wild horses AFRICA AUSTRALIA These strange rocks are called the Bungle Bungles They rise high above the Purnululu grasslands in Australia ANTARCTICA

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