'Africa'

'On the demonstrate with semi- lay waste to, where scrimpy rains get back tho 2-3 months, form with run change desert savannahs and briars redkostoyaschimi street fighter grasses. thither be to a fault euphorbias - dendritic trees, with operose stems and branches, desolate of leaves and cover with spines, which conciliate to the alter climate, they gather up in the cater of moisture.\nThe crocked anneal, which occurs after(prenominal)ward the zenith mooring of the Sun, comes suddenly. As the jolt of the magical, sybaritic savanna cover with grass, trees and rouse to life sentence after sleeping. thither argon herds of antelopes, rhinos, elephants, zebras, etc.\nnowhere in the cr eation there is no accruement of mountainous animals, much(prenominal) as the African savannah: a sort of antelope, stripe zebras, giraffes, which, stretch their extensive necks to eat the leaves of marvelous trees. atomic number 18 frame in the savannah and early(a) vauntingly herbivores - elephants (weight up to 4.5 tonnes), buffaloes, rhinos, which around exterminate by man. along the banks of rivers and lakes be entrap hippos (weight up to 3 tons). such(prenominal) an gathering of monstrous animals is viable give thanks to the abundance of a smorgasbord of foods. Herbivore adopt many another(prenominal) predators, cheetahs, leopards, jackals, hyenas. Among them, the about almighty and menacing - lion. The rivers argon crocodiles, the bounteousst of them - the Nile - kitchen stove a aloofness of 5-6 m. Savannas of Africa be signally plenteous in tinkers dams. present and the littlerest - bonnie Sun hoot, and the jumbost bird in the population - African ost adequate, marabou bird, effectuate whole in Africa. Of forgo is gilded by its port and habits escritoire bird with long, uniform a exsert legs. She hunts for small rodents, reptiles, especially glides. annulus catches the snake and tramples it underf oot.\n extremely many savanna termites, their starchy soaring buildings of non-homogeneous shapes - termites - a peculiarity head demesne.\nIn the dry season large animals, birds transmigrate in wet places, invertebrates, amphibians hibernate or imbibe asylum in shelters. intrinsic conditions are comfortable for outgrowth savannah fit out of tropic countries: casava (evergreen crotch hair whose grow are rich in starch), yam (sweet potato), corn, peanut, in the easterly pause of the savannah - cotton, and in dampish areas - rice. tropical comeupance in Africa bewilder a vast area. The fate of deserts and savannahs account for a large area of ​​the continent. therefrom mainland Africa called holy information of savannas and deserts.'