Temperate Grasslands

CONTINENT

PLACES

Africa

The veld in South Africa

Eurasia

The steppes in Mongolia, Russia and Ukraine

South America

The pampas in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina

North America

The prairies in the USA and Canada

 

1.                 Grasslands are vast tracts of land where grasses and wildflowers bloom.

2.                They have just handfuls of trees.

3.               The rainfall in this region is inadequate to nurture a forest.

4.               There’s enough rain to prevent desertification though.

5.               Grasslands are generally sandwiched between forests and deserts.

6.               Animals inhabiting these places include wolves, dogs, turkeys, eagles, rhea, geese, bobcats, foxes, weasels, bison, coyotes, snakes, rabbits, mice, etc.

7.               People cultivate wheat and corn here and raise livestock.

8.               Farming has caused the grassland to reduce in size thereby endangering the animals and plants of the biome.

9.               Here winters are cold and summers are warm with some rainfall.

10.          The Eurasian Steppe which extends from China to Hungary covering almost 20% of our earth is the largest temperate grassland.

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https://pixabay.com/photos/zebra-animal-mammal-young-game-1612792/: Image by Lynn Greyling from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/large-pampas-rabbits-rabbits-61603/: Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/mountains-lake-steppe-russia-6825046/: Image by Александр Пургин from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/prairie-steppes-mountains-1025230/: Image by IvaCastro from Pixabay 

https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-black-dress-walking-on-green-field-with-pampas-in-hands-4939952/: Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich from Pexels

https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-and-black-cheetah-walking-on-green-grass-field-6404904/: Photo by Charl Durand from Pexels

https://pixabay.com/photos/landscape-ukraine-grass-grassland-2397962/: Image by Anton Gorlin from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/mongolia-steppe-rain-clouds-487112/: Image by jacqueline macou from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/prairie-dog-ground-squirrel-marmot-1590375/: Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/herbs-of-pampa-plants-of-pampas-white-4599666/: Image by JackieLou DL from Pixabay 

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