grassland
pronunciation
How to pronounce grassland in British English:
UK [ˈɡrɑːslænd]
How to pronounce grassland in American English:
US [ˈɡræslænd]
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- Noun:
- land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
Word Origin
- grassland (n.)
- also grass-land, "land perpetually under grass," 1680s, from grass + land (n.).
Example
- 1. The tibetan alpine meadow grassland is used by local people to graze their yaks and sheep .
- 2. That 's because ploughing ancient grassland would release substantial amounts of carbon from the soil .
- 3. Researchers transplanted vegetation from four grassland ecosystems to lower , warmer elevations .
- 4. I chose a place - the uzhumuchin grassland - where there were glimpses of that culture and moved there .
- 5. That is worrying for those who prefer forest to savannah . Global warming alone is predicted to favour the conversion of woodland to grassland , and dr balch thinks her work shows that wildfires may accelerate the process .