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Most Beautiful Grasslands of the World
1. Konza Tallgrass prairie
The Konza Tallgrass prairie is beautiful and natural grassland that is located in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas in the United States. This form of naturally occurring land offers splendid scenery.
It has a continental climate characterized by warm, wet summers and dry, cold winters. Average annual precipitation (32.9 in, 835 mm) is sufficient to support woodland or savanna vegetation; consequently, drought, fire and grazing are important in maintaining this grassland. The site is topographically complex with an elevation range from 1050 to 1457 ft (320 to 444 m). In addition to the dominant tallgrass prairie, Konza contains forest, claypan, shrub and riparian communities. Limestone outcrops are found throughout the landscape. Konza supports a diverse mix of species including 576 vascular plants, 31 mammals, 208 bird species, 34 types of reptiles and amphibians, 20 kinds of fish, and over 700 types of invertebrates.
2. Hulunbuir Grassland
Hulunbuir Grassland, located in the northeast of Hunlunbuir, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is well protected and praised as one of China’s most beautiful and purest grasslands.
The Hulunbuir Grassland has more than 1,000 species of plants. On the grassland are green grass, beautiful flowers, zigzagging rivers, crystal-clear lakes, sheep and cows, and herdsmen’s yurts sending forth the fragrance of wine and of tea with milk.
The best time for travelers to visit Hulunbuir Grassland is summer. The grass is vigorous and lush during the summer there. The sunset on the far horizon, as the grassland turns gold, is intoxicating. It is really a magical and wonderful experience for travelers.
3. Palouse grasslands
Grasslands and savannas once covered large areas of the intermountain west, from southwest Canada into western Montana (Sims 1988). The vast expanses of the rolling Palouse hills were once covered with native grassland before European settlers moved into the area and began intensive farming. Unlike some other North American grasslands, such as the short grass prairies of the Great Plains and tall grass prairies of the Midwest, neither fires nor extensive grazing by large herbivores were historically a part of the Palouse grassland ecology. When European settlers moved into the Palouse at the end of the nineteenth century, they brought both fire and grazers. These two influences had a huge impact on the native plants.Now the majority of the Palouse prairie is farmland and towns.
4. Prau Spain
Cantabria belongs to Green Spain, the name given to the strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains, so called because of its particularly lush vegetation, due to the wet and moderate oceanic climate. The climate is strongly influenced by Atlantic Ocean winds trapped by the mountains; the average precipitation is about 1,200 mm (47 inches) allows the food to grow. Cantabria is a beautiful country side with bright green grass, grass is very soft grass. Cantabria has farms on it so people can make a living . Cantabria is 5.321km squared long with 568.091 people. all up cantabria has 1.27% of the population of spain.
5. West Pennine Moors
The West Pennine Moors is reservoir scenery, dissected by wooded cloughs and characterised by skyline features like Rivington Pike, Holcombe Tower and Jubilee Tower on Darwen Moor.
It’s really nice to see colorful blooming flowers of wild grass. The beautiful scenery above is part of the West Pennine Moors. This area covers an area of about 230 km2 of moorland and reservoirs and is located in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England in the United Kingdom.
6. Machair
Machair refers to a fertile low-lying grassy plain found on some of the north-west coastlines of Scotland and Ireland. The beautiful Machair on the above photograph is located in West Beach in the Isle of Berneray, Outer Hebrides, UK.. Machair is a very low-lying habitat, with high winter water levels.
The wild flowers of these crops and fallows can be visually stunning, and the colours seem to vary from crop to crop, perhaps reflecting subtle differences in land management or even planting date. The wild flowers are best seen in July and early August – the crop is harvested in mid-August.