grasslands

• define Grasslands

  Biomes dominated by grass and may have small, widely spaced trees or no trees
• Types of grasslands


  • Savanna
  • Tropical grasslands
  • Temperate grasslands
• Overgrazing of grasslands


  Unsustainable and places them at risk of becoming deserts
• Grasslands have long been prized for livestock grazing
• Which continents have grasslands?


  grasslands are found in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and North and South America.

  
  

  They are found in every continent except Antarctica.
• Although grasslands are found in most continents, which aspects vary with location?

  • coarseness and height of grasses
  • species of flora and fauna
• What types of animals are mainly in grasslands

  grazing animals

  reptiles

  (lion king)
• What are the risks of overgrazing in grasslands because of human induced livestock agriculture.


  Unsustainable overgrazing of grasslands puts the biome at risk of becoming deserts.
• climate in grasslands 


  varying precipitation

  varying temperature however may dip in winter