SAVANNAS

Grass Types

• Shortgrasses grow where the climate is the driest.

• Tall grasses appear in the wettest parts of the grassland.

• Midgrasses fill the spaces between areas of tall grasses and shortgrasses.

Weather in the Savanna

• During the dry season, which is exceptionally long and distinct in tropical grasslands, grasses and trees wither and die, many times being consumed in raging fires.

• When the wet season returns, grasses grow at incredible rates, up to 2.5 centimeters a day.

Animals in the Savanna

• Animal life on the savanna is extremely diverse.

• Life consists of everything from herbivores like zebras, hippos or elephants carnivores like lions or hyenas.