Fun Facts About The Grassland Biome
- Grasslands are also known as savanna, chaparral, pampas, steppe and prairie.
- Grasslands surround every desert in Asia. Grasslands actually are situated between forests and deserts.
- Twenty-five percent of the earth is covered by the grassland biome.
- There is a grassland biome on each continent with the exception of Antarctica.
- Tropical and temperate are the two kinds of grasslands.
- Tropical grasslands experience more warm weather all year long while temperate grasslands are warm for half the year while the other half is cold.
- Grasslands are perfect for cropping and pasturing because its soil runs deep and is extremely fertile.
- Wind and fire are also very important elements of controlling organic development of grassland regions. Wind speeds tend to be hight in grasslands because of the low vegetative cover, while fires occur by either lighting or by people burning grass to replenish the soil.
- Grasslands surround every desert in Asia. Grasslands actually are situated between forests and deserts.
- Twenty-five percent of the earth is covered by the grassland biome.
- There is a grassland biome on each continent with the exception of Antarctica.
- Tropical and temperate are the two kinds of grasslands.
- Tropical grasslands experience more warm weather all year long while temperate grasslands are warm for half the year while the other half is cold.
- Grasslands are perfect for cropping and pasturing because its soil runs deep and is extremely fertile.
- Wind and fire are also very important elements of controlling organic development of grassland regions. Wind speeds tend to be hight in grasslands because of the low vegetative cover, while fires occur by either lighting or by people burning grass to replenish the soil.