Grassland: Quick Facts

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Buffalo Gap National Grassland

World map highlighting major grassland regions with three color codes: yellow for savanna, green for prairie, and orange for steppe. Savannas are shown in parts of South America, Africa, and Australia; prairies in central North America, South America, and Eurasia; and steppes across Eurasia, North America, Africa, and Australia. A legend at the top lists key examples of each grassland type by region.

Brown grassland stretches toward gently rolling hills under a purple dusk sky, with the moon visible above the horizon.

Wide view of rolling green grassland with scattered trees and distant hills in Inner Mongolia, China.

Nebraska grasslands

Figure 1: Principal regions where significant areas of natural grassland occur.

World map displaying the distribution of seven major biomes: grassland and savanna, temperate deciduous forest, taiga (boreal forest), desert, tropical rainforest, tundra, and areas not classified. Each biome is represented by a distinct color, illustrating their global locations and extents across continents.

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páramo Alpine meadow tussock grassland tropical grassland temperate grassland Savanna madambo campos meadow alpen mountain glacier glacial landform continental landform valley Wetland Tundra coastal landforms Desert Polar ecosystem

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Sir George Stapledon

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems

Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems