How to Use grassland in a Sentence
grassland
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These bears live in a variety of dry and moist forests and in some tall grasslands.
— Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020 -
There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it.
— David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020 -
The bird makes its home in grasslands and woodlands, as well as open savannas as long as there are nearby trees to roost in and build nests for its young.
— National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020 -
Dense, humid forests drew back as grasslands spread in the cooler, drier climate conditions.
— Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024 -
The island’s mosaic of shrubs and grasslands provides habitat for mice, lizards, foxes and numerous birds.
— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 -
There’s no denying America’s grasslands need protection.
— National Geographic, 20 Feb. 2020 -
The great Indian bustard is a grassland species and is the largest among four bustard species in India, all of which have declined in population.
— Neha Jain, Quartz India, 24 Feb. 2020 -
Delta said its offset projects would focus on forestry, wetland restoration, grassland conservation, marine and soil capture, among other initiatives.
— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2020 -
Horses – and the people who care for them – tend to live in remote, dry or cold grassland regions, moving often and leaving only ephemeral marks in the archaeological record.
— William Taylor, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2020 -
These include a cluster in Inner Mongolia, a northern province of windswept deserts, grasslands and unlovely industrial towns.
— The Economist, 29 Feb. 2020 -
Soaring views of the grasslands can be seen from the home.
— Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 28 May 2023 -
The grassland steppes stretch away to the horizon in the far south of Kazakhstan.
— National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2020 -
The air taxi drops us off in a sprawling tidal grassland to the south of Chenik.
— Acacia Johnson, National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2020 -
Opting for the return of the grassland might not be a bad idea.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 -
The Facebook post claims the video shows the North Pole, but the footage shows a dry grassland in the foreground.
— Dezimey Kum, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2022 -
The fires went from the flammable grasslands onto the houses and buildings.
— Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Fine-scale maps of the world’s forests, grasslands, wetlands and crops.
— Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 3 May 2024 -
Then, the basin was home to prairie-like grasslands, stands of conifer trees and a large body of water known as Lake Otero.
— Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023 -
Or to the nature of the peninsula, with its sand dunes, coastal forests, and grasslands.
— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024 -
Since then, the lake area has become a mix of grassland, wetlands, ponds and woods.
— Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Nov. 2021 -
The tribe tore down the building and removed the parking lot in favor of a grassland.
— Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024 -
Where there was once wide, open grassland now sits a forest of trees.
— Michaela Chesin, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2020 -
On the southwest edge of town, the power plant and mine punctuate the grasslands where deer and elk roam.
— Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023 -
The trees leave less land for ranching and push out grassland birds, which can't adapt to woods, said Twidwell.
— Tammy Webber The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023 -
The Eurasian steppe is a vast curtain of grassland that stretches from Hungary to Manchuria.
— Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 -
His voice rose over the din of hundreds of sea gulls rising from the grassland across the river from our duck blind.
— Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021 -
Neat rows of vines, their leaves chartreuse with spring growth, met the untamed beauty of the high-desert grasslands.
— Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023 -
As winter begins to close, nature lovers head to the grasslands around Wray to see the courtship dance of the greater prairie chickens and hear their loud calls.
— Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2024 -
From one of the ranch’s highest points, Mr. Gleason points at a huge piece of flat grassland dotted with large trees.
— Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 1 July 2021 -
Dozens of fires have roared to life across the western states, burning millions of acres of forest and grassland.
— Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2020
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