1. Savanna Evelyn Rubio Sarina Green

2. Location • South America • North America • Australia • Asia • Some in Canada • Mostly in Africa

3. Temperature and Rainfall Temperature Rainfall Dry season : 4 inches Wet season : 15 – 25 inches • Warm temperature year round • Savannas have 2 different seasons 1) Very long dry (winter) 2) Very wet (summer)

4. What is a Savanna? • Savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with scrubs and isolated trees. • There is not enough rainfalls on Savannas to support forest. • Savannas are also known as tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests.

5. Plants Baobab Tree Bermuda Grass • Kangaroo Paw Candelabra Tree Elephant Grass Gum Tree Eucalyptus

6. Whistling Thorn Umbrella Thorn Acacia River Bushwillow Manketti Tree JarrahTree JackalberryTree

7. Animals • Lions • Zebras • Elephants • Giraffes • Chacma Baboon • Egyptian Mongoose • Emu

8. African Wild Dog • Caracal • Cheetahs Koala Bear • Nile Crocodile • African Wild Dog