Erica McMillan, David Myers

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SAVANNA

• Erica McMillan, David Myers

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Savanna looks like
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Plants

• 1. Grow about 18 feet tall, It protects itself
  with pairs of long thorns up to 3 inches long
• 2. Its red and green. It is in Western Australia.
  Grows to 10 centimeters long.

1. Whistling thrown
2. Kangaroo Paws
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Animals

• 1. It weighing at 265-420 pounds. It is a
  powerful beast that looks like your average house
  cat. Its a dirty beige color.
• 2. It is 33 inches long. Fuzzy coat fur, big
  floppy ears, and almost no tail.

1. Lion
2. Koala Bear
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Climate

• Savanna has a wet/dry climate. In the dry season
  ,winter it is a tropical climate.
• Savanna gets all there rain in the summer. In the
  dry season most of the plants die, and the rivers
  and streams dry up. Most of the animals migrate
  to find food.
• It is cooler during the dry season.
• Winter it is usually about 68 to 86 degrees
  temperature 68 to 78 degrees, summer it its 78 to
  86 degrees.
• There is 10 to 30 inches of rain

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Habitat

• Savannas are comprised mostly of grasses and a
  few scattered trees. They cover half the surface
  of Africa, large areas of Australia, South
  America, and India. That is a lot of the earths
  surface! Savannas can result from climate
  changes, soil conditions, animal behavior, or
  agricultural practices.

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PEOPLE AND THE SAVANNA

• Some environmental concerns with savannas include
  poaching or hunting, overgrazing, and destruction
  of land for commercial crops. Many animals in the
  savanna, for example, the rhinoceros and zebra,
  are endangered and threatened with extinction due
  to hunting, poaching, and habitat loss. The
  savanna is often damaged when it is used as
  pastureland for non-native domestic cattle.