This website serves as a critique to the Biosphere 2's replica of the Savanna. According to our text, Environmental Science , by Nebel and Wright, grasslands make up 30.2 million square km of the earth. They have 10-16 inches of seasonal rainfall each year, frequent fires, and rich, deep soil. The dominant vegetation of the area are various grass species, ranging from taller grasses in the higher rainfall areas to shorter species in the drier areas to bushes and woodlands in some areas. The dominant animal life of the Savanna is large, grazing mammals like bison, goats, wild horses, kangaroos, antelopes, rhinos, warthogs, prairie dogs, coyotes, jackals, lions and hyenas.
Termites are also common in the area.
The first is a wetland-type area where plants transplanted from the everglades. The second section is still part of the wetland, they are called billabongs. Billabongs are depressions that are filled with water to simulate the harsh flooding and desert-ness of the savannah. The last section is the lower savanna. This is the driest section.