Grassland Biome
Grasslands are sometimes characterised by having the properties of forest and desert biomes. Grassland biomes are dominated by grass and have little amount of widely separated trees or no trees at all (trees have a hard time surviving because the soil is too fine and dry). Grassland is a suitable place for farming and livestock grazing, however overgrazing of grassland is unsustainable and places them at risk of becoming deserts. Over one billion people inhabit the grassland areas of the world. Grasslands were, until extensive agriculture, the largest single biome type in the world. About one quarter of the earth is covered by grasslands. The biome can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Grassland biomes are divided into mini biomes which are small biomes that make up the grassland biome itself. Some of these mini biomes within grassland are savanna, chaparral and pampas. The savanna and chaparral grassland biomes are the most known mini biomes of grasslands.