[suh-van-uh] 
| 1. | a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa. |
| 2. | grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions. |
| sa·van·na also sa·van·nah (sə-vān'ə) n. A flat grassland of tropical or subtropical regions. [Obsolete Spanish çavana, from Taino zabana.] |
A tropical land mass of grassland and scattered trees.
savanna
vegetation type that grows under hot, seasonally dry climatic conditions and is characterized by an open tree canopy (i.e., scattered trees) above a continuous tall grass understory. The largest areas of savanna are found in Africa, South America, Australia, India, the Myanmar-Thailand region, and Madagascar. Their distribution is shown in
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