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Flooded grasslands and savannas are a biome
Biome

Biomes are Climateally and geographically defined areas of ecologically similar climatic conditions such as Community of plants, animals, and Soil biology, and are often referred to as ecosystems....
, generally located at subtropical and tropical latitudes, where which are flooded seasonally or year-round.

It is characterized by






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Flooded grasslands and savannas are a biome
Biome

Biomes are Climateally and geographically defined areas of ecologically similar climatic conditions such as Community of plants, animals, and Soil biology, and are often referred to as ecosystems....
, generally located at subtropical and tropical latitudes, where which are flooded seasonally or year-round.

It is characterized by
  • water : very wet
  • temperature : warm
  • soils : nutrient rich soil


Flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregions


See also

  • Dambo
    Dambo

    'Dambo' is a word used for a class of complex shallow wetlands in central, southern and eastern Africa, particularly in Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are generally found in higher rainfall flat plateau areas, and have river-like branching forms which may be nowhere very large, but common enough to add up to a large area....
  • Freshwater swamp forest
    Freshwater swamp forest

    Freshwater swamp forests, or flooded forests, are forests which are inundated with freshwater, either permanently or seasonally. They normally occur along the lower reaches of rivers and around freshwater lakes....
  • Flood-meadow
    Flood-meadow

    A flood-meadow is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis....
  • Grassland
    Grassland

    Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found....
  • Mangrove
    Mangrove

    Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline water coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal, for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and...
  • Savanna
    Savanna

    A savanna, or savannah, is a tropical, subtropical or temperate woodland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the Canopy does not close....
  • Water-meadow
    Water-meadow

    A water-meadow is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity. Water-meadows were mainly used in Europe from the 16th to the early 20th centuries....
  • Wet meadow
    Wet meadow

    A wet meadow is a semi-wetland meadow which is saturation with water throughout much of the year. Wet meadows may occur because of poor drainage or the receipt of large amounts of water from rain or melted snow....


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