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How far from the Equator are tropical savannas usually found?

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Flat savanna plain with scattered acacia trees under a partly cloudy sky in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. — Savanna A savanna marked with acacia trees in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Africa's Serengeti Plain is commonly used as an example of the savanna biome—a hot, seasonally dry ecological region characterized by an open tree canopy (i.e., scattered trees) above an understory of continuous grasses.

Tropical savannas are generally found in regions located 8° to 20° from the Equator. These areas serve as transitional zones between the rainforests found closer to the equator and the deserts located at higher northern and southern latitudes.12