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Compare and contrast the location and extent of both, the Prairies and the Veld.​

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Answered by NasDaily
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Just as a forest can be defined as the place where trees

are the main type of vegetation, grassland can be

defined as a region where grasses form the dominant

type of plant life. Grasslands make up almost a quarter

of the total land surface. The types of plants that

grow here greatly depend on what the climate and soil

are like. As climate plays an important role in the

formation of grasslands, it is generally used as a basis

to divide the world’s grasslands into two broad

categories: those that occur in the temperate region

and those that occur in the tropical regions.

THE PRAIRIES

The temperate grasslands of North America are known

as the Prairies (Fig. 9.1). It is a region of flat, gently

sloping or hilly land. For the most part, prairies are

treeless but, near the low lying plains, flanking river

valleys, woodlands can be found. Tall grass, upto two

metres high, dominates, the landscape. It is actually a

“sea of grass.”

The prairies are bound by the

Rocky Mountains in the West and

the Great Lakes in the East. Look

at the map of North America

(Fig. 9.2). You can see that the

prairies cover parts of United States

of America and parts of Canada. In

the USA, the area is drained by the

tributaries of Mississippi and the

Canadian prairies are drained by

the tributaries of Saskatchewan

Rivers.

Word Origin

The word Prairie

originated from Latin

word priata which

means meadow.

Fig. 9.1: The Prairies

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Answered by BlastOracle
19

Explanation:

The prairies are tropical grasslands. The pampas and the velds are temperate grasslands. The velds are situated in Central Asia. The largest grasslands in the world are in Africa.

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