The tropical savannas of Northern Australia are vast, truly epic, and breathtaking in scale. Their immense size – >130,000,000 hectares or ~17% of this continent – is matched by the extraordinary biodiversity and cultural values contained within them. They are recognisable by a dominance of eucalypts and a diverse, largely grassy understory, with tree cover and height varying depending on whether the area is in a higher (~2000mm) or lower (~500mm) rainfall zone, related to the distance from the coastline. Critically, these savannas are the largest and most intact in the world.
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