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Grasslands, local winds, trees, soils and the pattern of regions — one sentence each

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Grasslands — Local Names

What the temperate grasslands and the tropical savanna are called on each continent.

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Temperate grasslands — where

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Steve travels across Europe and Asia.

Steppe=Eurasia — the largest stretch, including the Turan plain

Priya’s uncle lives up north.

Prairie=North America

Pam teaches Arjun tennis.

Pampas=Argentina

Velu flew to South Africa.

Veld=South Africa

Down the road lives aunty.

Downs=Australia

Canteen TV shows the news.

Canterbury=New Zealand

Rainfall 25–75 cm · soils mostly pedocals, fertile black chernozem · loess deposits — China’s Loess Plateau, central Ukraine, western Siberia.

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Savanna (Sudan type) — local names

3 sentences

Llamas follow Venu.

Llanos=Venezuela (Orinoco valley)

Campers eat bread.

Campos=Brazil

The park lies to the south.

Parkland=Southern Africa

The name savanna comes from Sudan (Africa) · 5°–20° latitude, 60–100 cm of rain, in summer · tall dense grass = elephant grass.

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Local Winds and Cyclones

What a tropical cyclone is called where, and where the local winds of the Mediterranean and China-type regions blow.

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Forests, Trees and Scrub

The trees of the equatorial and taiga forests, and the local names of Mediterranean scrub.

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Where the Regions Lie — Pattern, Soils and People

The regions on the west coast, interior and east coast at the same latitude, the Mediterranean-climate areas, the soils of the regions and the desert peoples.

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