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Definition of Savannas

Savanna
Savanna Sa*van"na, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.] Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. --Dampier. Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. Savanna sparrow (Zo["o]l.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum.

Meaning of Savannas from wikipedia

- tree density. It is often believed that savannas feature widely spaced, scattered trees. However, in many savannas, tree densities are higher and trees are...
- Temperate gr****lands, savannas, and shrublands are terrestrial biomes defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The predominant vegetation in these biomes...
- richest in African savannas and gr****lands. The most intact ****emblages currently occur in East African Acacia savannas and Zambezian savannas consisting of...
- Additionally, pure savannas, without trees, are the exception rather than the rule. There are generally four types of tropical savanna climates: Distinct...
- in a wooded savanna environment. The Savannas languages, with an agnostic approach to internal classification, are as follows: Savannas  (Central) Gur...
- surrounding the river for miles inland, and is derived from the English term "savanna", a kind of tropical gr****land, which was borrowed by the English from...
- small areas of oak savannas in other parts of the world. (See also Eastern savannas of the United States for information on pine savannas of the U.S. South...
- or Sahelian acacia savanna, is a biogeographical region in Africa. It is the transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the...
- "West Sudanian savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Jayalaxshmi Mistry; Andrea Beradi (2014). World Savannas: Ecology and Human...
- Some globally outstanding flooded savannas and gr****lands occur in the Everglades, Pantanal, Lake Chad flooded savanna, Zambezian flooded gr****lands, and...