Abiotic factors: Climate. With climate comes precipitation and temperature. Seasonal changes and location of the savannah affects what will grow and when. Snowfall will kill off any warm-season plant that cannot go dormant and rest through the winter to await spring.
, distension (dis-ten'shÅ­n), Although distension is historically the more correct spelling, the word is usually spelled distention in the U.S. The act or state of being distended or stretched. See also: dilation. [L. dis-tendo, to stretch apart] n a state of dilation. the state of being distended, or stretched out or enlarged; the act of distending. For individual local distentions see the location, e.g. abomasal distention.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  sustentation(Noun) The act, or the result of sustaining; sustainment. 2  sustentation(Noun) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.