... occur in South America, northern Australia, and Africa. The savannas we are most familiar with are the East African savannas covered with acacia trees (Brown, 1972). Savannas can be caused by three different factors. The first factor is the climate, these are called climatic savannas, the second is ... and twigs which break the branches of trees, smashing the trunk and stripping the bark of the trees. Annual fires then maintain this area (Brown, 1972). The end of the rainy season begins usually in October starting with a series of thunderstorms, followed by strong drying winds. Fires ......

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