1,500 meters equals a mile, which is 15 laps (or 30 lengths) in a 50-meter pool and 30 laps (60 lengths) in a 25-yard/meter pool. 5 x 200 means you swim four laps in a short-course pool five times. 3 x 500 means you swim 10 lengths in a long-course pool three times. And so on ... As for clock reading, any good pool will have pace clocks on either end of the facility within easy view.
Tropical grassland biomes are located in the Southern Hemisphere while temperate grassland biomes are located in the Northern Hemisphere. The grasses in the tropical grassland biome tend to be taller than that of the temperate because of the constant warm weather and additional rainfall it receives. Since grassland biomes have rich soil, much of them are used for farming. There is only 2% of the original grassland left in North America. There are two seasons in the temperate grassland: the ...
Temperate grasslands are located north of the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees North) and south of the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South). The major temperate grasslands include the veldts of Africa, the pampas of South America, the steppes of Eurasia, and the plains of North America.nimals. Temperate grasslands have a low diversity of wildlife, but a high abundance of wildlife. In North America the dominant grazing animals are bison and pronghorn. Rodents include pocket gophers and prairie dogs. Carnivores include wolves, coyotes, swift foxes, badgers and black-footed ferrets.