Definitions for savanna
səˈvæn əsa·van·na

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. savanna, savannahnoun

   a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. savannanoun

   A tropical grassland with scattered trees

2. Savannanoun

   of modern usage, variant of Savannah.

3. Etymology: From sabana

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Savannanoun

   An open meadow without wood; pasture ground in America.

   Etymology: Spanish, according to Nathan Bailey.

   He that rides post through a country may tell how, in general, the parts lie; here a morass, and there a river; woodland in one part, and savanna’s in another. John Locke.

   Plains immense,
   And vast savanna’s, where the wand’ring eye,
   Unfix’d, is in a verdant ocean lost. James Thomson, Summer.

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1. Savanna

   A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses. According to Britannica, there exists four savanna forms; savanna woodland where trees and shrubs form a light canopy, tree savanna with scattered trees and shrubs, shrub savanna with distributed shrubs, and grass savanna where trees and shrubs are mostly nonexistent.Savannas maintain an open canopy despite a high tree density. It is often believed that savannas feature widely spaced, scattered trees. However, in many savannas, tree densities are higher and trees are more regularly spaced than in forests. The South American savanna types cerrado sensu stricto and cerrado dense typically have densities of trees similar to or higher than that found in South American tropical forests, with savanna ranging from 800 to 3300 trees per hectare (trees/ha) and adjacent forests with 800–2000 trees/ha. Similarly Guinean savanna has 129 trees/ha, compared to 103 for riparian forest, while Eastern Australian sclerophyll forests have average tree densities of approximately 100 per hectare, comparable to savannas in the same region.Savannas are also characterised by seasonal water availability, with the majority of rainfall confined to one season; they are associated with several types of biomes, and are frequently in a transitional zone between forest and desert or grassland, though they're mostly a transition between desert to forest. Savanna covers approximately 20% of the Earth's land area. Unlike the prairies in North America and steppes in Eurasia, which would feature cold winters, savannahs are mostly located in areas having warm to hot climates, such as those in Africa, Australia, Thailand, South America and India.

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1. savanna

   A savanna is a type of biome characterized by a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees, which can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome. It is often associated with conditions of hot temperatures and seasonal rainfall. Notable animals that inhabit this type of biome include lions, African elephants, cheetahs, gazelles, and zebras.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Savannanoun

   a tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees

2. Etymology: [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.]

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1. Savanna

   A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses. Some classification systems also recognize a grassland savanna from which trees are absent. This article deals only with savanna under the common definition of a grassy woodland with a significant woody plant component. It is often believed that savannas feature widely spaced, scattered trees. However, in many savannas, tree densities are higher and trees are more regularly spaced than in forest. Savannas are also characterized by seasonal water availability, with the majority of rainfall confined to one season. Savannas are associated with several types of biomes. Savannas are frequently in a transitional zone between forest and desert or grassland. Savanna covers approximately 20% of the Earth's land area.

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1. Savanna

   Savannah, sa-van′a, n. a tract of level land, covered with low vegetation: a treeless plain.—ns. Savann′a-flow′er, a genus of the milk-weed family, West Indies; Savann′a-sparr′ow, the sparrow common through North America; Savann′a-watt′le, a name of certain West Indian trees, also called Fiddlewood. [Sp. savana, sabana, a sheet, a meadow—Low L. sabanum—Gr. sabanon, a linen cloth.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of savanna in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of savanna in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of savanna in a Sentence

1. lenny ongori:

   When you take a trip its not about what you see in the savanna its about what you learn from it

2. Rick Potts:

   The sharp-edged flakes could cut as effectively than a lion’s set of teeth, and the hammerstones could crush as effectively as an elephant’s molars — and thus all of possible foods of the savanna woodlands/grasslands were opened up to processing with this new set of teeth outside of the body.

3. Vanessa Kauffman:

   We are currently gathering facts about the issue and will assist Zimbabwe officials in whatever manner requested, it is up to all of us - not just the people of Africa - to ensure that healthy, wild populations of animals continue to roam the savanna for generations to come.

4. Dr Shipton:

   What is striking about this record is the innovations you see in technology and material culture, and the ability to exploit both forest and savanna environments. It is this kind ofbehaviorall flexibility that allowed our species to populate the rest of the world outside of Africa.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=savanna
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Savanna
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=savanna
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/savanna
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=savanna
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=savanna