This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands, temperate deciduous forests, Mediterranean scrub, coniferous ...

The savanna (sometimes mistakenly spelled as "Savannah," which is in the state of Georgia) describes an African region with grasslands and minimal tree densities. This wide-open landscape becomes a ...

A final look is taken at how humans have used the savanna grasslands. This clip is from the series Ecosystems and Biomes. This could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the tropical ...

On the other hand, the face of deforestation is changing in Brazil, concentrating in biomes where savannah and grassland formations ... the Cerrado is a vast savanna that once covered 2 million ...

Investigating the plants and animals of temperate grasslands. The temperate grasslands biome is located on a world map and the climate of the biome described. Presenter Ferne Corrigan then ...