TYPES OF GRASSPAND ECOSYSTEM

1.TROPICAL GRASSLAND : IT OCCURS NEAR  THE BORDER OF TROPICAL RAIN FOREST IN REGION OF HIGH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND A TEMPERATURE OF LOW TO MODERATE RAINFALL.
IN AFRICA THEY ARE KNOWN AS SAWAHNAS TALL SCATTERED SHRUBS AND STUNDED TREES THERE IS A WIDE DIVERSITY OF ANIMALS LIKE ZEBRA , GIRAFFE , ANTELOPE , GAZELLE etc . DURING DRY SEASON , FIRES ARE QUITE COMMON.
TERMITES MOUND ARE VERY COMMON THEY GATHERED THE DETRIOUS CONTAINING A LOT OF CELLULOSE AND BUILD UP A MOUND ON THE TOP OF MOUND FUNGUI ARE FOUND TO GROW WHICH FIELD UPON THESE DEAD MATTER INCLUDING CELLULOSE IN TURN RELEASE METHANE A GREEN HOUSE GAS. 

2. TEMPERATE GRASSLAND : THEY ARE FOUND ON FLAT GENTLE AND SLAPED HILL WINTER ARE VERY COLD SUMMERS ARE HOT AND DRY SUMMER FIRES DON'T ALLOW SHRUBS OR TREES TO GROW WINDS KEEP BLOWING FAVOURS RAPID FIRE IN SUMMER SOILS ARE QUITE FERTILE THEREFORE THESE GRASSLAND ARE CLEARED FOR AGRICULTURE.
(a) IN US AND CANADA THEY ARE KNOWN AS PRAIRIES.
(b) SOUTH AMERICA THEY ARE KNOWN AS PAMPAS .
(c) IN AFRICA THEY ARE KNOWN AS VELDS
(d) IN CENTAL EUROPE AND ASIA THEY ARE KNOWN AS VELDS .
(e) CENTRAL EUROPE AND ASIA THEY ARE KNOWN AS STEPPES.

3.POLAR GRASSLANDS : THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS ARIETIC TUNDRA , THEY ARE FOUND IN ARTIC POLAR REGION. THE TEMPERATURE IN THESE AREA IS SEVERE COLD , FRIGID WINDS ALONG WITH ICE . IT INCLUDES THE ANIMALS LIKE ARCTIC FOX, ARCTIC WOLF. IN SUMMER, APPERANCE OF SHALLOW LAKES WHERE MOSQUITES AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF INSECT AND MIGRATORY BIRDS BEGAN TO APPEAR.
POLAR GRASSLAND

TEMPERATE GRASSLAND

TROPICAL GRASSLAND

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