Savannah

In the dry season savanna produces a dull spectacle. Scorching rays of the sun turning in the yellowed grass withered dead. Trees have no leaves. The soil becomes a cracked red-brown mass, similar to clay. But sooner or later comes the rainy season. The entire savanna starts transformed right before our eyes. Soil soaked with water, gives rise to grass. They are stretched beyond human growth. Everywhere are beginning to turn green trees growing in groups and individually. Tree crowns look like open umbrella, especially acacias. Begins to turn green and the bushes. Most famous for its vast African savannah plant is, of course, baobab. In height he is not above the European pine. Admiration of his trunk, which attains a diameter of 10 meters! Beautiful and large white flowers, which at that time covered all the baobab tree. The fruits of this tree is tasteless. But for the monkeys - a real treat. In the savannas of Australia's growing other world famous tree, which is admired by his growth. That - eucalyptus, whose height reaches 150 meters! There are many species of eucalyptus. Some of these leaves are turning to the sun by an edge that helps to lower the evaporation of moisture. But such a tree does not completely shade. Among the rare scattered trees in the savanna of Australia meets skreb - dense thickets of acacia brigolou, desert oak, sandalwood. Between them, come across bizarre "bottle trees". His extravagant name they received from no less extravagant forms of stem-like bottle. Fauna savannah extraordinarily rich and varied. Particularly in Africa. It is home to representatives of large terrestrial animals: on the shores of lakes and water live clumsy behemoths. Here is to drink come the heavy buffalo. Among the branches of the mimosa is seen head on long neck. Of course, this is a giraffe. In the thick grass or bushes, crouched in anticipation of production of a lion. He hunts for antelope, quick feet are not always save them from the mouth of the king of beasts. But it is more often the victims are careless zebra. Gentle rustling grass gives the other inhabitants of Savannah. This is a snake. There are so many. And the worst of them - an adder. His fear, and people and animals. Even the fearsome king of beasts - the lion - prefers to ignore the place where the viper. Its sting causes instant death. But there is one fearless creature who has no fear of the asp, but it can even fight him and win. This - the eagle-buffoon. The abundance of heat, and during the wet period, and rainfall, fertile soil for growing in the savanna zone of various crops, cotton, peanuts, sugar cane, bananas, pineapples. In African savannas, lives the largest modern bird - the African ostrich.