as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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Recent Examples of grassland
Across the United States, the largest amount of the more than 8 million acres consumed so far this year has been in states like California, Georgia and Texas, locations with massive forests or sprawling grasslands prone to dry conditions and high temperatures.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
Additionally, local burn permits are not valid within 100 feet of grasslands or woodlands when the fire danger is high, very high, or extreme, according to the DEEP.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2024
About 30% of the area burned by the Mountain fire was grassland, according to a Times analysis of land cover data.
—Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Visitors can wander through a tropical rainforest and savanna grasslands, and even smell an ocean complete with coral reef.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
Additionally, local burn permits are not valid within 100 feet of grasslands or woodlands when the fire danger is high, very high, or extreme, according to the DEEP.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2024
About 30% of the area burned by the Mountain fire was grassland, according to a Times analysis of land cover data.
—Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Visitors can wander through a tropical rainforest and savanna grasslands, and even smell an ocean complete with coral reef.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
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Ever since a devastating tornado encounter, Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) gave up chasing storms across the Oklahoma prairie to safely study them on screens in New York City.Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Smarsh goes back to glacial retreat to outline the history of the prairie and its importance as a vast ecosystem, at one time an abundant home for plants and wildlife alike.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 4 Sep. 2024
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Some of the bones may date to a period 3800 to 3500 years ago, around the time that Yamnaya pastoralists from the steppes, once called Aryans, are thought to have migrated to India.ByVaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 4 Nov. 2024
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An invasive species called Hedge Parsley has made its way to Austin from the steppes of Asia, where the plant is native.Cross Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
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The lake was a white plain with patches of dark timber on the far shore.Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
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What a 1,000-mile railway across the Yucatán jungle says about Mexico’s outgoing president Sept. 29, 2024 The canal networks were built as early as 4,000 years ago by semi-nomadic people in the Yucatan coastal plain.Christina Larson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
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Home to more national parks than anywhere else in Queensland, the peninsula houses a variety of landscapes, from lush rainforests to tropical savannas and vibrant coral reefs.Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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But the eastern shores of Lady Bird Lake also harbor small savanna ecosystems.Cross Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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