Flooded grasslands and savannas

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Biomes
Terrestrial biomes
	Tundra
	Taiga/boreal forests
	Montane grasslands and shrublands
	Temperate coniferous forests
	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
	Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
	Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
	Deserts and xeric shrublands
	Flooded grasslands and savannas
	Riparian
	Wetland
Aquatic biomes
	Pond
	Littoral/intertidal zone
	Mangrove forests
	Kelp forest
	Coral reef
	Neritic zone
	Continental shelf
	Pelagic zone
	Benthic zone
	Hydrothermal vents
	Cold seeps
	Pack ice
Other biomes
	Endolithic zone

Flooded grasslands and savannas are a biome, generally located at subtropical and tropical latitudes, where which are flooded seasonally or year-round.

It is characterized by

• water : very wet
• temperature : warm
• soils : nutrient rich soil

[edit] Flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregions

Afrotropic Flooded grasslands and savannas v • d • e
East African halophytics	Kenya, Tanzania
Etosha Pan halophytics	Namibia
Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna	Mali
Lake Chad flooded savanna	Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria
Saharan flooded grasslands	Sudan
Zambezian coastal flooded savanna	Mozambique
Zambezian flooded grasslands	Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
Zambezian halophytics	Botswana

Indomalaya Flooded grasslands and savannas v • d • e
Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh	India, Pakistan

Neotropic Flooded grasslands and savannas v • d • e
Central Mexican wetlands	Mexico
Cuban wetlands	Cuba
Enriquillo wetlands	Dominican Republic, Haiti
Everglades	United States
Guayaquil flooded grasslands	Ecuador
Orinoco wetlands	Venezuela
Pantanal	Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
Paraná flooded savanna	Argentina
Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna	Argentina

Palearctic Flooded grasslands and savannas v • d • e
Amur meadow steppe	China, Russia
Bohai Sea saline meadow	China
Nenjiang River grassland	China
Nile Delta flooded savanna	Egypt
Saharan halophytics	Algeria Egypt, Mauritania, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh	Iraq, Iran
Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow	China, Russia
Yellow Sea saline meadow	China

[edit] See also

• Dambo
• Freshwater swamp forest
• Flood-meadow
• Grassland
• Mangrove
• Savanna
• Water-meadow
• Wet meadow

[edit] External links

• more on this biome

v • d • e Terrestrial biomes Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests · Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests · Temperate coniferous forests · Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub · Boreal forests/taiga · Mangrove · Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Flooded grasslands and savannas · Montane grasslands and shrublands · Deserts and xeric shrublands · Tundra

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