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AFGHANISTAN India and Northern Australia. Rainfall is
only between 25 cm and 75 cm and can
support tall, coarse grasses interspersed
with few short trees. Many parts of the
grasslands are used for grazing or
PAKISTAN
farming. These grasslands are home of
CHINA herbivorous animals like elephants,
TIBET
deer, zebra, giraffes and leopards can
NEPAL
BHUTAN also be found in these areas.

BANGLADESH
Tropic of Cancer
Tropical grasslands are called Lianas in
I N D I A Venezuela and Campos in Brazil.
MYANMAR
Temperate Grasslands
BAY OF These grasslands are found in colder
BENGAL
and drier regions. As the amount of
ARABIAN
SEA precipitation is very low, the grass here
are short and less dense and trees are
INDEX almost absent. These are very suitable
Lakshadweep Lakshadweep Sea
(INDIA)
Deciduous forest (INDIA) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Evergreen forest for cattle and sheep rearing and are
Mountain forest
Thorny and scrub forests being used for extensive wheat and
Tidal forest (Mangrove)
corn cultivation. Temperate grasslands
are called ‘Steppes’ in Eurasia, ‘Prairies’
in North America, ‘Pampas’ in South
I N D I A N O C E A N
Not to scale
America, ‘Veld’ in South Africa and
Indian Natural Vegetation ‘Downs’ in Australia.
Swift moving animals like antelopes, horse,
giraffe, wild asses, leopards, wild dogs and
The conical shape of the trees is best suited to the
rabbits are found in these grass lands. The
climatic conditions as it allows snow to slide down
famous ‘Emu’ is also found in Australia
easily from the leaves of these trees.
Grasslands are known by different names in
GRASSLANDS different regions which are as follows :
There are two types of grasslands – tropical and Region Name
temperate grasslands. Tropical grasslands are East Africa Savanna
found in the tropical zone whereas temperate
Brazil Campos
grasslands are found in the interiors of continents
Venezuela Llanos
in the mid latitudes.
Argentina Pampas
Tropical Grasslands North America Pariries
Also called as the ‘Savannas’, these grasslands lie South Africa Veld
on either side of the rainforest in Africa, Brazilian Central Asia Steppe
plateau of South America, Deccan Plateau of Australia Downs

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