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.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Dispersion(noun) the act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.