as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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Recent Examples of grassland
However, not so long ago—well, geologically speaking—the Sahara was green and verdant, filled with woodlands, grasslands, lakes, and rivers, as well as plants and animals that are not found in the region today.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
In the San Luis Valley, ranchers have long spread water over their grasslands when temperatures start to freeze to create a sheet of ice over the vegetation.
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
18 June 2026
The prescribed burn is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday on approximately 100 acres of grassland between East Catlett Road and Sunset Boulevard West.
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Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2026
While 40% of the earth’s land mass consists of grassland, with grass family members being highly prolific monocots, the ratio of dicots to monocots is roughly 3 to 1, with 200,000 dicot versus 60-70,000 monocot species in existence.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
In the San Luis Valley, ranchers have long spread water over their grasslands when temperatures start to freeze to create a sheet of ice over the vegetation.
—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
18 June 2026
The prescribed burn is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday on approximately 100 acres of grassland between East Catlett Road and Sunset Boulevard West.
—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2026
While 40% of the earth’s land mass consists of grassland, with grass family members being highly prolific monocots, the ratio of dicots to monocots is roughly 3 to 1, with 200,000 dicot versus 60-70,000 monocot species in existence.
—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
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For outdoor adventurers, nearby Myakka River State Park delivers with a canopy walkway through pineland, prairie, and wetlands.
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Now, each year, the vineyard brings in roughly 120 to 130 sheep, which rotate through the property’s oak habitat and upland prairie habitat over the course of a few months.
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Patagonia is a diverse region in southern Chile and Argentina, with glaciers, mountains and fjords to the west, stretching into steppe and desert toward the east.
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References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.
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Their experience exposes vulnerabilities across the country, experts say, because flood plain maps don’t cover all areas.
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Most travelers visit Africa for wildlife moments such as elephants at a waterhole, lions in the grass and rhinos on open plains.
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Across the Amazon rainforest, cerrado savanna, Atlantic Forest, Pantanal wetland, Caatinga scrub and Pampa grassland, the country’s plant life seems less like one national inheritance than several botanical worlds sharing a border.
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Set on a tiny, exceedingly private spit of land deep inside a national park, the property spans wetlands, savanna, and Rwanda’s quintessential hillscapes.
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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