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also savannah
as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions roaming the savanna
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Recent Examples of savanna
These practices include adaptive multi-paddock grazing, which has been applied at scale to over 12,000 cattle on seven farms in the Uruguayan savanna.
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Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado tropical savanna and the Pantanal wetlands are currently experiencing record-breaking wildfires as a result of these conditions, according to officials in that country.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Cerrado is the world's most biodiverse savanna, home to 5% of the planet's animals and plants, South America's second-largest biome after the Amazon and a key source of freshwater for most of the continent.
—Eduardo Garcia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
One big goal: to assess the near-future risk of, say, an AMOC shutdown or the Amazon turning into a savanna.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado tropical savanna and the Pantanal wetlands are currently experiencing record-breaking wildfires as a result of these conditions, according to officials in that country.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Cerrado is the world's most biodiverse savanna, home to 5% of the planet's animals and plants, South America's second-largest biome after the Amazon and a key source of freshwater for most of the continent.
—Eduardo Garcia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
One big goal: to assess the near-future risk of, say, an AMOC shutdown or the Amazon turning into a savanna.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savanna
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Daines likes to target big game such as elk and antelope while Thune likes to hunt pheasant in South Dakota’s fields and prairies, which are considered the best pheasant hunting ground in the country.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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There were no bears here until the McCormick Reaper drove New England farmers west to the rich, level prairies in the mid-1800s.Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 30 July 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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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
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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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Her new district, stretching from Fort Collins to the eastern plains, is largely populated by a reliable base of conservative voters aligned with her pro-gun, pro-Trump platform.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Earthship lies 10 minutes from the West Rim Trail, an eight-mile out-and-back route that overlooks the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument’s plains and peaks, with parallel views of the 800-feet-deep Taos gorge.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Savanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savanna. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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