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Grasslands

Climate and Land
Grasslands are characterized by their tall perinnial grasses and lack of trees. There are two main types of grasslands : tropical and temperate grasslands. Tropical grasslands are close to the equater while temperate grasslands are either north of the Tropic of cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn.

In the winter, temperatures can be as low as -40 degrees farenheight, and in the summer it can be as high as 70 degrees farenheight. In temperate grasslands the average rainfall per year ranges from 10-30 in. In tropical grasslands