grassland

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Other forms: grasslands

Grassland is wide country where grass is the main plant. Open grassland, tropical grassland, graze the grassland.

It has different names everywhere it occurs: prairie in North America, steppe in Asia, savannah in Africa and pampas in South America. Most of it is kept treeless by grazing and fire rather than by climate alone.

Definitions of grassland

1noungrasslandWide country where grass is the main plant.B1+
“Herds of zebra and antelope graze on the grassland of the Serengeti.”

grassland is a land.

Where it comes from

Grass plus land, with the same compound across the Germanic languages.

From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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grassland in the wild

A grassland is an area (or ecosystem) where the vegetation is dominated by grasses.
Grassland
There are different types of grasslands: natural grasslands, semi-natural grasslands, and agricultural grasslands.
Grassland
Tropical grasslands are mainly found between 5 degrees and 20 degrees in both North and south of the Equator.
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
The flooded savannas and grasslands are generally the largest complexes in each region.
Flooded grasslands and savannas
The montane grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau still support relatively intact migrations of Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni) and kiang, or Tibetan wild ass (Equus hemionus).
Montane grasslands and shrublands

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