Tropical Grassland (Savanna)

Description

Savanna grows in areas where high rainfall is interspersed with drought and fire. The fires and drought prevent the area from transforming into tropical rainforest.

Note that this is an oversimplification: there are several ways for land that would otherwise be tropical rainforest to become savanna, including the grazing of animals (elephants in particular), poor soil conditions, and farming by so-called "civilized" races.

Very similar to a hot prairie, large herbivores stalk the horizons, small copses of trees dot the landscape here and there, and small mammals, birds, and insects are your ever-present friends.

Notes

Climate

General Notes

Savannas tend to be warm, tending to very hot. Large amounts of precipitation occur in the rainy season, and enormous fires raze the landscape during the dry season droughts.

For the most part, if it weren't for the dry season, most savannas would be transformed into tropical rainforests.

Year

Summer

Winter

Flora (Plant life)

General Notes

The vegetation of the savanna is dominated by tall grasses, with occassional small shrubs and corky trees.

Common Species

• Grasses: Rhodes, red oat, star, lemon

Uncommon Species

• Small shrubs:
• Trees: palm, other corky kinds.

Rare Species

Fauna (Animal life)

General Notes

Common Species

• Insects: termites, beetles, worms
• small mammals: mice, moles, gophers, ground squirrels
• snakes

Uncommon Species

• eland, impalas, gazelles, oryx, gerenuk, and kudu.
• buffalo, wildebeest, plains zebra, rhinos, giraffes, elephants, and warthogs
• rhinoceri
• wild horses
• aardvarks

Rare Species

• lions
• cheetahs
• leopards
• hyenas
• jackals
• wild dogs
• kangaroos