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BIOMES GRASSLAND & SAVANNA PART 4 OF 4

IF YOU’VE followed our series on biomes, you’ll know that the climate varies in different parts of South Africa. Climate is the general weather conditions, temperature and rainfall of an area that influences which types of plants can grow in a particular region. It also determines which animals naturally occur in the area.

Regions around the world that have the same fauna (animals) and flora (plants) are called biomes. Last week we looked at the largest terrestrial biome on Earth: deserts. Now let’s look at the two largest in SA, savanna

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