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- noun Plural form of
savannah .
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After crossing the plains we rode over undulating hills, here called savannahs, with patches of forest on the rising ground, and small plains on which grows the ternate-leaved jicara
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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In the same 2007 report, the IPCC said that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon was at risk of being replaced with barren 'savannahs'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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In the same 2007 report, the IPCC said that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon was at risk of being replaced with barren 'savannahs'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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In the same 2007 report, the IPCC said that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon was at risk of being replaced with barren 'savannahs'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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In the same 2007 report, the IPCC said that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon was at risk of being replaced with barren 'savannahs'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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In the same 2007 report, the IPCC said that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon was at risk of being replaced with barren 'savannahs'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Charlie Hamilton James's films include My Halcyon River for the BBC.Doug Allan on Alastair MacEwen MacEwen shoots in all kinds of ways: he can do long lens work, say, in the African savannahs, as well as macro footage, closeup stuff like insects, rats and mice.
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A leading expert on Egyptian prehistory argues that the civilization of the Pharoahs originated on the savannahs (now deserts) to the east of the river.
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A leading expert on Egyptian prehistory argues that the civilization of the Pharoahs originated on the savannahs (now deserts) to the east of the river.
Canada 2009
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If biodiversity is still unfinished business in the continent in which research began – and which is still home to most of the world's expertise – then things look ominous for those places so much richer in wildlife and so much poorer not just in money but in scientific investment: those countries with the coral reefs, mangrove swamps, rainforests, savannahs and dry uplands that are home to the greatest diversity.
Biodiversity: Boundless, priceless – and threatened | Editorial 2011
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