savanna
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campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), llano, moor, pampa, plain, prairie, steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt)
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Some 30,000 African elephants are slaughtered by poachers each year, with African savanna elephant numbers plummeting 30 percent between 2007 and 2014. — Michael Nichols, National Geographic, "UK to Introduce 'Toughest' Ivory Ban in the World," 3 Apr. 2018 Rare forest elephants—smaller than their savanna-dwelling brethren—stroll where the dense rainforest meets the beach in Gabon’s Loango National Park. — Alexandra Wexler, WSJ, "Roughing It: Tourists Are Boldly Going Into African Trouble Spots," 19 Oct. 2018 Both Kloss and Kushner shared Instagrams set against the savanna, complete with lions and elephants. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, "Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner Head to South Africa on Their Honeymoon," 27 Dec. 2018 In the one-minute clip, we're transported back to the movie's African savanna setting, only this time, everything has come to life. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Disney Debuted the Trailer for "The Lion King" Live-Action Movie," 22 Nov. 2018 Roberts and his colleagues used those chemical signatures to reconstruct an ancient environment that looked surprisingly like the humid savanna of modern East Africa. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Archaeologists find 300,000-year-old stone tools in Saudi Arabia," 29 Oct. 2018 And at Ti’s al Ghadah, those ratios suggest an environment very similar to a humid savanna. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Archaeologists find 300,000-year-old stone tools in Saudi Arabia," 29 Oct. 2018 At 110 acres, the safari grounds that are meant to transport guests to an African savanna make up the largest attraction in any Disney theme park in the world. — Bruce Pecho, chicagotribune.com, "20 things you may not know about Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which turns 20 on Earth Day," 17 Apr. 2018 Oak savanna is now one of the rarest ecosystems on our planet. — New York Times, "Setting Fires and Restoring an American Landscape," 23 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'savanna.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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