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• Savanna — A savanna or savannah is a tropical or subtropical grassland or woodland ecosystem. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/242157/grass savanna grass savanna] , Britannica Online Encyclopedia] Savannas are characterised by the trees being… …   Wikipedia

• Woodland Park Zoo — Infobox zoo zoo name=Woodland Park Zoo image width=250 px image caption=Keel billed Toucan ( Ramphastos sulfuratus ), Tropical Rain Forest, Woodland Park Zoo location=Woodland Park, Seattle, Washington, USA area=92 acres (0.37 km²) num… …   Wikipedia

• savanna — /seuh van euh/, n. 1. a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa. 2. grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open… …   Universalium

• Woodland — Ecologically, a woodland is an area covered in trees, differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely closed canopy ndash; the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade …   Wikipedia

• savanna woodland — noun : a usually tropical open woodland in which the undergrowth is of the xerophilous type …   Useful english dictionary

• savanna — /səˈvænə / (say suh vanuh) noun 1. a plain, characterised by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, especially on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in Sudan. 2. grassland region with scattered trees, grading into… …  

• Oak savanna — Oak savanna, California An oak savanna is a type of savanna, or lightly forested grassland, where oaks (Quercus spp.) are the dominant tree species. These savannas were maintained historically through wildfires set by lightning, grazing, low… …   Wikipedia

• Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna — The Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna, also known as the Argentinian Mesopotamian grasslands, is a flooded grassland ecoregion of Argentina.ettingThe ecoregion covers an area of 77,600 square kilometers (30,000 square miles), lying west of the… …   Wikipedia

• Principal national parks of the world — ▪ Table Principal national parks of the world Africa Europe and Russia Asia North America and the Caribbean Australia and Oceania South America Africa country national park date area description protected status national park status square miles… …   Universalium

• primate — primatal, adj., n. primatial /pruy may sheuhl/, primatical /pruy mat i keuhl/, adj. /pruy mayt/ or, esp. for 1, /pruy mit/, n. 1. Eccles. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any of various… …   Universalium

• List of protected areas of Tanzania — Protected areas in Tanzania are extremely varied, ranging from sea habitats over grasslands to the top of the Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. About a third of the country s total area is protected to a certain degree as National Park …   Wikipedia