Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
Flooded grasslands and savannas are a biome, 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
ee also
*Dambo
*Freshwater swamp forest
*Flood-meadow
*Grassland
*Mangrove
*Savanna
*Water-meadow
*Wet meadow
External links
* [http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/about/habitat_types/selecting_terrestrial_ecoregions/habitat09.cfm more on this biome]
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