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NCERT Class 7 Geography
Chapter 9: Life in Temperate Grasslands
Types of Grasslands (Dominated by Grass)
- Tropical/Savannahs
- Llanos – S. America
- Cerrado – Brazil
- Pine Savannah – Belize & Honduras
- Temperate
- Pampas – S. America
- Velds – Africa
- Prairies – N. America
- Steppes – C. Asia
- Canterbury Plains – New Zealand
- Murray – Darling Basin – Australia
Prairies (N. America)
- Flat, Low Lying, Sea of Grass
- Latin Word – Priata (Meadow)
- B/W Rockies in West & Great Lakes in East
- River – Mississippi (USA) & Saskatchewan (Canada)
- Home to American Indians (Blackfoot Indians) , Apache, Crow, Cree, Pawnee
- Warm Summer (20oC) , Cold Winters (-20oC)
- Moderate Rain, Chinook (Local Wind – Hot Wind in Winter)
Prairies (N. America)
- Treeless – Willow, Alder, Poplar
- Rain > 50 cm – fertile
- Maize, Potato, Soyabean, Cotton, Alfa-Alfa
- Low Rain – Short grass
- Cattle Rearing - Ranches – Cowboys
- Bison – American Buffalo
- Rabbit, Coyote, Gopher, Prairie Dogs
- Granaries of World – Combine (Sow, Plough & thresh)
- Dairy Farming
- Minerals
- USA – Chicago, Minneapolis, Indian opolis, Kansas, Denver
- Canada – Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon
Velds – S. Africa
- Rolling Plateau – 600 to 1100 m
- B/W Drakensberg in East & Kalahari in West
- Rivers- Orange & Limpopo
- Winters – Cold and Dry (July is Coldest) , Scanty Rain in Winters
- Summer – Nov to Feb
- Sparse Vegetation, Red Grass
- Trees – Acacia & Maroola
- Lions, Leopards, Cheetah & Kudu
Velds – S. Africa
- Cattle Rearing & Mining
- Maize, Wheat, Barley, Oat, Potato
- Sheep Rearing
- Dairy Farming – Butter & Cheese for export & domestic use
- Iron & Steel
- Gold – Johannesburg (gold capital of world)
- Diamond – Kimerbeley
- British Colony & Well- developed transport network
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