Savanna

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Savanna
By Ann Feider
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Climate

• Temperature
• 1.Dry season
• -mean monthly temperature ranges from 64F to
  70ºF
• 2. Wet season
• -very hot, usually over 80ºF

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Annual Precipitation

• Wet Season
• Average of 15-25 inches of rain falls
• -everyday the hot, humid air rises off the
  ground and collides with cooler air above and
  turns into rain.
• In the afternoons the rain pours down for
  hours.

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Annual Precipitation (continued)

• Dry Season
• Average of less than 5 cm each month
• -this little amount of water prevents many
  plants from growing.
• -this often results in overgrazing, which
  leaves some parts of the ground bare.
• Every year, the average annual precipitation is
  about 100cm, which is too little to support many
  trees.

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Temperature Changes Due To Seasons

• As the season moves from dry to wet, the
  temperature increases, and vice versa.
• Usually the temperature is somewhere around 70
  degrees Fahrenheit during the dry season.
• The temperature ranges from 86 to 100 degrees
  Fahrenheit during the wet season.

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Soil Type
Very porous with rapid drainage of water It
only has a thin layer of humus -the organic
portion of the soil created by partial
decomposition of plant or animal matter Humus
provides vegetation with nutrients
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