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Glossary: savanna

Type of grassland ecosystem characterised by any trees present being spaced in such a way that they do not form a closed canopy, thus sufficient light reaches the ground to support unbroken herbaceous cover consisting primarily of grasses.

Also spelled ‘savannah’.

Open savanna in Tanzania © Nevit Dilmen

Acacia savanna in Burkina Faso © Marco Schmidt

‘Cerrada’ savanna in Minas Gerais state, Brazil © Denis A. C. Conrado