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.
Water is distilled through a process in which the water is boiled, evaporated and the vapor is condensed. The distillation process does remove many unhealthy contaminants in source water, but it also removes naturally occurring minerals.