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Grasslands

Grasslands. Description. Location: Middle latitudes, in the interior of continents. On every continent except Antarctica. Temp and Rainfall. Temperature: -40 to 80 Rainfall: approximately 30 inches per year. Enough to support grasses, and few trees. Types of Grassland.

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Grasslands

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  1. Grasslands

  2. Description • Location: Middle latitudes, in the interior of continents. On every continent except Antarctica

  3. Temp and Rainfall • Temperature: -40 to 80 • Rainfall: approximately 30 inches per year. Enough to support grasses, and few trees

  4. Types of Grassland • Tall Grasslands: Humid, very wet. Example: Pampas • Short Grasslands: Dry. Hotter Summers and colder winters. Example: Steppe

  5. Food web

  6. Vertical Stratification • Soil • Dominated grasses and other plants • Shrubs • Small trees

  7. Specific Adaptations • Bison: Broad-flat topped teeth and digestive systems especially adapted to feed on grasslands • Eagle: Keen eye sight, hallowed bones and feathers and strong beaks. • Dung beatle: Use dung for energy source and sometimes bury the dung and use it for shelter

  8. Geological feature • Contours of a grassland (rolling hills) -Dramatic contours or grassland escapes are the result of erosion by ice sheets, erosion by water as the ice melted, an the deposists that are left behind.

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