Physical divsions of World : Famous Grasslands and their Names

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What are grasslands?

Grasslands cover an area where vegetation is dominated by grasses. They roughly cover 30 to 40% of Earths area and occur naturally on all continents except Antartica.Less than 10% of worlds grasslands are protected as per various reports.

According to Stiling 1999; " A grassland is a region with Annual average precipitation of 25 to 75 cm to support grass "

Types of Grasslands

There are two main types of grasslands; Tropical and Temperate grasslands. 

Examples of temperate grasslands include Eurasian steppes, North American prairies, and Argentine pampas. 

Tropical grasslands include the hot savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and northern Australia.

Here " The JKSSB walla " has provided a list of famous grasslands of world along with their names in different continents.

 Grassland                  Region

Steppes                       Europe and North Asia

Pampas                       Argentina

Velds                            South Africa

Downs                         Australia

Canteburry                New zealand

Savvanah                   Africa

Selvas                         South America

Prairies                      United States of America

Taiga                          Europe and Asia

Pustaz                        Hungary

Multiple choice questions based on Grasslands: 

Q 1. The Temperate grasslands of Africa are known as: 

A) Velds

B) Downs

C) Steppes

D) Savannah

Ans: Option A ( Temperate grasslands are velds and Tropical grasslands are Savannah)

Q 2. The Temperate grasslands in northern Europe are known as: 

A) Pustaz

B) Selvas

C) Steppes

D) Prairies

Ans: Option C 

Q 3. The Temperate grasslands in South America are known as:

A) Steppes

B) Velds

C) Prairies

D) Selvas

Ans: Option D