Brief discussion on grasslands, flora and fauna inhabited.

1. APES
GRASSLANDS

2. Types of Grasslands
• Tropical Grasslands
• Temperate Grasslands
• Cold (Arctic Tundra)

3. Tropical
Grasslands
Widely scattered trees
Year round warm temperature
Alternating dry and wet
seasons
Examples of animals: Giraffes,
Zebras, Elephants, Lions etc.
Savanna is one kind of tropical
grassland

4. Temperate
Grassland
Winters are bitterly cold
Summers are hot and dry
Organic matter accumulates to
produce a deep fertile soil
Short grass (25 cm- rainfall)
Long grass (88 cm- rainfall)
Animals: Bison, prairie dogs,
wolves, swift foxes etc.

5. Cold Grasslands
South of Arctic Polar Ice Cap
Tree less plains (bitterly cold,
swept by frigid winds)
Dark winters and low
precipitation
Adaptation to thick coats and
fur
Animals: arctic fox and wolf,
musk oxen etc.

6. FACTS
• Grassland biomes are normally situated between a forest and
a desert. In fact, grasslands surround every desert in Asia.
• Twenty-five percent of the Earth is covered by the grassland
biome.
• There is a grassland biome on each continent with the
exception of Antarctica.
• Periodic fires, whether they are human induced or occur
spontaneously, are very important to the grassland to ensure
that invasive plants do not take over.

7. Conversion of grasslands
to farmlands, release of
CO2 – burning
Overgrazing, results in
depletion of soil and
erosion Oil production in arctic
regions, adds industrial
waste in region

8. Thanks!