Visit the Tropical Features Tropical Savanna Savanna Safari

• Rolling - shrubs, scattered • No • Found on either side of the equator, outside of tropical • Soil porous, thin layer of humus • Grasses 3-6 feet tall

Unique Features • Plants can be - resistant, fire-resistant, open shrub layer " Floor: ." Earth Floor: Biomes. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2017. • Largest part of Savanna "Savanna Biome." Animal Facts and Information. N.p., n.d. Web. biome is located in 22 Jan. 2017. "Savanna Biomes." Savanna Biomes. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. • If one species of animal was 2017. removed, the entire "Things to Do in the Tropical Savanna in Africa." USA Today. Gannett Satellite Information Network, n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2017. African Safari Tours would be altered Https://www.facebook.com/DefendersofWildlife/. "Tropica l (Savannas)." Defenders of Wildlife. N.p., 02 Apr. 2013. Web. 24 Jan. 2017. “Get wild with us”

Climate Plants and Animals Tourism Activities Plant Characteristics • Rafting in Uganda • Many are drought resistant • Bird watching • Very tall • Experience Tribal life

Animal Characteristics • Huge interdependence • Animals can survive harsh conditions

• Warm temp year round Popular Plants/Animals • From July- November only • Baobab about 100 mm of will fall • Bermuda Grass • From December- May there is • Grass about 400 mm of rain • African Elephant Environmental • Temp stays around 70 degrees • • Issues

When to visit Plant Adaptation • Sadly, these beautiful African • Best time to visit is from May- • Baobab Trees can store water are being September because it is the in their trunks during the dry poached for their tusks. driest . season • 16% of land converted for • Animals congregate by water agriculture/development holes Animal Adaptation • • Mornings and nights are less • Many of the large animals • Desertification cold than in the winter migrate during the • Easier to see animals in search of water