Know More About The Savannas

Savannas are grassland habitats that consist of trees either being small or wildly spaced living large unfilled gaps that can never form a canopy. Lack of canopy allows the areas to access more light and support a lot of wildlife especially the herbivores. The areas allow grass to flourish providing the best hiding grounds for predators like lions to prey on unsuspecting animals. There are several classifications of the habitats, the most common ones being tropical and subtropical.

Savannas especially the tropical and subtropical are found mostly in Africa. They shelter Africa’s best wildlife and form the best parks. Some of the habitats include the Serengeti. This is where the annual migration of Wildebeest and other antelopes occur annually between Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve and the Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. Other type include; Temperate, Mediterranean, Flooded and Montane savannas. The temperate occur in wetland and snowing regions. Mediterranean happens in areas with mild climate that experience rains, winter and hot or dry summers.

Savannas found in California fall under the category of Mediterranean. These areas have deep forests covered with trees like oaks. The flooded types are sometimes seasonal. They occur during rainy seasons leaving swamps and muddy fields only to dry later in summers. Some are all year round. The montanes occur in high altitudes. They are very few and mostly found in the worlds high mountains. There is the Angolan Scarp Savanna and Woodlands found in Africa’s country of Angola. Some of the habitats harbor the exotic plants of the world.

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