The savanna is a tropical grassland in Africa between latitude 15* North and 30* South in longitude it is 15* West and 40* West. Location

FLORA (PLANTS) Common Name: Jackal berry tree Genus Species: Diospyros mespiliformis Adaptions: The tree is most commonly found on savannas or savanna. Woodlands where it can be found growing on termite mounds. Common Name: Whistling thorn Genus Species: Acacia Dreparalobium Adaptions: When the wind blows it turns old and abandoned spines into tiny whistling flutes which gives the tree it’s name.

FAUNA (ANIMALS) Common Name: Black Mamba Genus Species: Dendroaspis Polylepis Adaptions: It gets it’s name from the color of lining of it’s mouth which is purple-black and which it displays when threatened. Common Name: African hunting dog Genus Species: Lycaon Pictus Adaptions: During the migrations the African hunting dog survives/eats on rodents and bugs.

ABIOTIC FACTORS (NON-LIVING THINGS) Fire is the most important Abiotic Factor to the savanna. Without the constant fires a tropical savanna could turn into a tropical forest. Another abiotic factor is soil. Soil is real important to plants and the animals that eat the plants.

CLIMATE The savanna has a wet/dry climate. It is usually cold during the dry season, which is winter. The savanna climate has a temperature range of 68° to 86° F. In the winter, it is usually about 68° to 78° F. In the summer the temperature ranges from 78° to 86°. The precipitation is 10 to 30 inches of rain.

FOOD CHAIN

CONSERVATION Endangered Species/Issue Some endangered species in the African savanna is the cheetah. In 1900 there were over 100,000 cheetahs. Now there are 9,000 to 12,000 cheetahs. Another endangered species in the African savanna is the wild dog. In the 1920’s there were about 20,000 wild dogs. Now there are about 5,000 wild dogs. A major issue in the African savanna is pollution, most of the time the air is polluted with exhaust fumes and smoke. This caused animals to become endangered an extinct. Cause/Effect The cause of animals becoming endangered is because humans are hunting them and humans are putting dangerous chemicals in the air. The effect is that animals are dying out which makes animals in the African savanna close to extinction. What Is being done to help African savanna? People are protecting the savanna by volunteering restoring projects. People are protecting the animals from being hunted and harmed. People protect he African savanna by respecting ad conserving grasslands for animals to live.

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