as in prairies
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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Recent Examples of grasslands
Barns offered the perfect warm, safe environment for such nests but as the farm industry modernized, farmers plowed over grasslands and replaced wooden barns with buildings made from sturdier materials.
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Dec. 2025
Kentucky Camp sits amid the grasslands that cloak the eastern flanks of the Santa Rita Mountains northwest of Sonoita.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Researchers collected 32 individuals from the Serra do Quiriri region, a breathtaking landscape of high grasslands and cloud forests in southern Brazil.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025
Adventure In Robinson Preserve Climb the 40-foot observation tower at Robinson Preserve to look out over the natural area’s nearly 700 acres of coastal grasslands, saltern, marsh, and mangrove habitat.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
This nonprofit retreat is home to regenerated grasslands, revived native trout streams, and thriving populations of bison, elk, and wild horses.
—Kristin Songy Diehl, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
From restoring grasslands and wetlands, to improving water quality and supporting rural economies, CRP delivers broad ecological and social benefits.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
Cashmere production can threaten the land that sustains the fibers when overgrazing depletes delicate grasslands.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
According to the zoo, patas monkeys are charismatic and can travel up to 34 miles per hour across their natural habitat, the arid grasslands of Africa.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grasslands
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More is at stake than preserving the singular beauty of the sawgrass prairies of Everglades National Park or cypress swamps of the Big Cypress National Preserve.—
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There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats.—
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Capote set off for the high plains.—
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The coldest air arrives Friday night, with lows dropping into the low teens across the plains and urban corridor, and even colder readings expected in the foothills and mountain valleys.—
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Unlike Argentina’s open steppes, Chilean Patagonia hugs the Pacific coast and is carved by glacial valleys covered in with dense vegetation.—
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The gene expression in the muscle tissue suggested a predominance of slow-twitch muscle fibers indicating the mammoth's muscles were built for stamina, ideal for long, steady travel across the cold, expansive steppes.—
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The experience there usually involves wide-open savannas and convoys of jeeps lined up to take in the wildebeest and zebras passing through in the millions during the Great Migration.—
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Serval cats roam savannahs and wetlands.—
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“Grasslands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grasslands. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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