If the rainfall for the year was evenly distributed the area would become a tropical rainforest. In the African savanna region October signals the beginning of the dry season and - ironically ...

but because the fires tend to be much smaller than their counterparts in dry woodlands and savannas, relatively little research has been done on Africa's tropical forest fires. This has led to ...

the vast tropical savanna to the east. For now, the Pantanal is relatively intact, sustaining more than 270 communities—1.5 million people—in addition to its flora and fauna, and helping to stabilize ...