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     =       Hi, we are Alex L and Jacob A, and welcome to the Grassland Home page! =      Grasslands are wonderful biomes, they can be found on every continent besides Antarctica. They are located in North America, southeastern South America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and New Zeeland. Grasslands are large biomes covered with grasses, flowers, plants, and herbs. They are also windy and partly dry. There are very little trees in grasslands, less than one tree per acre. The different words for grasslands are savannas, pampas, campos, plains, steppes, prairies and veldts. The two different types of grasslands are tropical grasslands, which are hot all year with some wet seasons located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and there is also temperate grasslands, which have hot summers and cold winters located north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Below is a map of where the grasslands are located.



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There are two seasons in the grassland biome. One season is called the growing season (summer). In this season, there is no frost at all and plants can grow. This season lasts about 100-175 days long. The growing season can get up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit or 21.2 degrees Celsius. Plants usually start growing when the periodic temperature is about 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius. The average rainfall in the growing season is about 38.1-63.5 centimeters or 15-25 inches. The second season is called the dormant season (winter), which is when no plants can grow because it is to cold. The dormant season can get as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit or -40 degrees Celsius temperature wise. The average rainfall of the dormant season is about 10.16 centimeters or 4 inches. During December through February, there is no rain at all. Grasslands in the southern hemisphere tend to get more precipitation than the grasslands in the northern hemisphere. =====  = =



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