Derived from the Latin Claudius, an old Roman family name, which is from claudus (lame).Claudia was a Christian woman at Rome. According to tradition, Claudia was the daughter of king Cogidunus of Britain and the wife of the Roman knight, Pudens.ore About Italian Name: Claudia. Feminine form of CLAUDIUS. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the 16th century.
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae), however sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. Grasslands are found in most ecoregions of the Earth.id-latitude grasslands, including the Prairie and Pacific Grasslands of North America, the Pampas of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, calcareous downland, and the steppes of Europe.
Grasslands. Edit 0 53 â¦. Temperate grasslands are characterized as having grasses as the dominant vegetation. The major manifestations are the veldts of South Africa, Hungary, the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay, the steppes of the former Soviet Union, and the plains and prairies of central North America.emperate grasslands and savannas are two types of grassland biomes. Like savannas, temperate grasslands are areas of open grassland with very few trees. Biomes are the world's major habitats. They are identified by the vegetation and animals that populate them.