Wednesday, May 6, 2009

What is our Biome?

Our biome is a savanna.

Savanna has a wet and dry climate that is distinct to this biome. It is mostly tropical except it is dry in winter. Savannas get all their rain in the summer months. The plants are lush and the rivers flow freely. During the dry season, the plants die and river dry up. It is also cooler and most animals migrate away. The temperature does not change much.

Here is the rainfall and temperature data for our biome:

•68 to 86 (20 to 30 Celsius) degree Fahrenheit in the summer

•68 to 78 (25 to 30 Celsius) degree Fahrenheit in the winter

•10 to 30 inches of rain in the wet season and in the dry season it hardly rains at all.

We believe that this biome has a high degree of biodiversity, boasting Africa’s Big Five: African elephants, Cape buffalo, Lions, Hippopotamus, and white rhinoceros. There are also leopards, gnu, baboons, black mamba, and emu, and a wide variety of plants.

What other animals do you expect to live in the savanna besides those mention above?

3 comments:

  1. I expect crocodiles, cheetahs, and mongoose to also live in a Savanna.
    -Molly A. Period 1

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  2. I expect rhinoceroses, giraffes, zebras, and lions to live in Savanna.

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  3. I would expect there to be giraffes ostrich zebras leopards hyenas

    Maddie period 1

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