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Understanding the Context

If you’ve inserted your ... The News International: Savannah Guthrie issued 'secret code' to pull her off the air Savannah Guthrie, who has returned to the Today show on April 6, has been issued a 'secret code' if she needed off the air if any development in her mother Nancy kidnapping happens.According to ... A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland - grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

Key Insights

A savanna is a vegetation type that grows under hot, seasonally dry climatic conditions and is characterized by an open tree canopy (i.e., scattered trees) above a continuous tall grass understory (the vegetation layer between the forest canopy and the ground). Savanna biomes are flat plains dominated by grasses and large trees like baobab. The animals there include grazers like elephants and zebras, predators like lions and cheetahs, and other herbivores. Isalo National park has typical savanna, with mostly grasses and widely spread trees. Image by Antony Stanley.

Final Thoughts

When you first enter a savanna, you may not even realize you've entered a new kind of habitat. You see patches of grass (some as tall as 10 feet), low-growing shrubs, and likely some trees that are widely spread out, but that’s about it. Savannas are areas of open grassland with dispersed trees. Learn all about the savanna biome, including wildlife, climate, vegetation, and more.