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.
cavitation(Noun) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse; especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller. cavitation(Noun) The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis. Cavitation. Cavitation is the formation and then immediate implosion of cavities in a liquid â i.e. small liquid-free zones â that are the consequence of forces acting upon the liquid. It usually occurs when a liquid is subjected to rapid changes of pressure that cause the formation of cavities where the pressure is relatively low.