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1 Savanna Soil~ The soil is very diverse
Major soil types-lithosols,lateritic soils,cracking clays,red/yellow earths,deep sands, and alluvial soils

2 Climate Usually cooler during the dry seaons by a few degrees.
The savanna climate has a temperature range of 68 to 86. Average temperature summer: 30 degrees ( 86 F ) Winter 0. The yearly rainfall is 25 to 75cm. It has in of rain. Rainy and dry seasons in the summers with around 15 to 25 inches of rain and a dry seasom in the winter when only a couple of inches of rain may fall.

3 Animals & Foods The animals are a biso, elephants giraffes,zebras, and wildbeats Animals like elephants, giraffes, zebras, gazelles,and wildbeast. Also carnivores like lions,lepards and hyends. The supply of food can be very high at sometimes of the year. The animals in Savannas eat other animals located in the Savannas.

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5 Savanna Found in Africa
The savannas are found in parts of Africa. Savannas cover almost half of Africa. Also large areas of Australia, South America and India.

6 Savanna Plant Life Senegal Gum Acacia Bermuda Grass Elephant Grass
Manketti Tree Umbrella Thorn Acacia River Bushwillow

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8 Fruits & Plants Found In The Savanna
-Abal ( shrub, North Africa ) Its flowers can be eaten, and contain high concentrations and nitrogen. -Acacia (tree, prominent throughout Africa ) You can eat its leaves, flowers and pods ( either raw or cooked -Baobab ( unmistakable tree; quite common throughout Africa). You can eat the root, the fruit pulp, the leaves ( in a soup ) and even the seeds that can be ground for flour. -Beech ( tree; North Africa ). Beech pod produce edible beechnuts once you remove the shell and white Kernel within. Beechnuts have a sweet flavor and high oil content.

9 People in the Savannas! The most famous of the Savanna people of Kenya in Tanzania are the Maasai tribe The Maasai people are just one of the many groups that live on the savanna of Africa the Maasai tribe has live in Africa for 100 years


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