Thesaurus results for SAVANNA

savanna

noun

sə-ˈva-nə

variants also savannah

Definition of savanna

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country lions roaming the savanna

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Recent Examples of savanna El Niño threatens soy and corn harvests in the south while plunging savannahs and rainforests into drought and sparking wildfires. — Dan Restrepo, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 The center of the activities was a grove, within a ring of trees, considered to be one of the oldest oak savannas in the state. — Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 With a glorious mane of glowing purple gas and dust, the Lion Nebula sparkles on the cosmic savanna in this new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026 And South Sudan's first World Heritage site, the Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape, protects a vast sweep of savanna, wetlands, and floodplains crossed by one of the world's largest terrestrial mammal migrations. — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for savanna

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Noun

Paddling, hiking or staying overnight at the Orlando-area’s outdoor gems showcases Florida’s unique habitats, including pine flatwoods, wetlands, hydric hammocks, scrubs, and open prairies.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

The burial belonged to high-ranking members of the Scythians, a horse-riding culture that roamed the Eurasian steppe.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
In remote ranching outposts across the treeless plateau of Chubut province, life revolves around tending flocks on steppes and shearing sheep in sheds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of steppe

Noun

Miloslav Druckmüller, Shadia Habbal, and Václav Široký The sun hangs low over the plains of Castile and León, in the north-central region of Spain.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
That means that Olympus Mons, the extinct Martian volcano that at around 16 miles (26 kilometers) above the surrounding Martian plains is the largest mountain in the solar system, may in fact be a slumbering giant.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of plain

Noun

After years of grassland research and hikes through curlew habitat, evocative moments from the birds’ lives were vivid in my mind.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Long before it was considered cotton country, this was open grassland where bison roamed, and Mississippian people built towns and mounds.

— Shayla Martin, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of grassland

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