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Temperate Grassland. By: Aeron Roberts. The Climate.
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Temperate Grassland By: Aeron Roberts
The Climate • Temperate grasslands have a temperate continental climate, which is cooler than savannas. Temperate grasslands have warm, humid summers with an average temperature of 18° C and cool, dry winters with an average temperature of 10° C. Most of the rain falls as convection rain in the Summer and sometimes frost and snow may occur in the winter.
Where it is located • The Temperate grassland biome is almost found in every place o n the planet but Russia as well as Europe.
Some Dominate Animals Golden Eagle, Gray Wolf, Jaguar,Rabbit,Impala,Kakapo,Llama, Hyena,Gnu,Gecko
Vegetation of the Grassland • They are only grass and some small shrubs in the grassland. Due to this the animals there are usually either burrows or relatively small.
Human Impact • The positive-There really isn't any positive impact that I could find in the grassland. • The negative- We have hunted down the animals of the grassland and destroyed some of there habitats into almost extinction . Some animals were killed for meat, fur or in the case of elephants there tusks.
Citations • (1993). Introduction to Temperrate Grassland. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from Think Quest Web site: http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/temperate.htm • Webber, Charles (2002). The grassland biome. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from UCMP Web site: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/grasslands.php#temp • (2008). Grassland Animal Printouts. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from Enchanted Learning Search Web site: http://www.allaboutnature.com/biomes/grassland/grassland.shtml • Human Impacts on Grassland. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from Grassland Web site: http://www.allaboutnature.com/biomes/grassland/grassland.shtml