The number of natural disasters in Lamb County (7) is smaller than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 3. Emergencies Declared: 4. Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 4, Fires: 2, Flood: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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.For example, there are five terrestrial ecoregion classifications (subdivisions) of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome (' ecosystem '), which is one of eight terrestrial ecozones of the Earth's surface.otable tropical and subtropical grasslands include the Llanos grasslands of South America. Mid-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 are also referred to as pampas, prairies, savannas and steppes. Grassland biomes are usually located between a desert and a forest. In fact, grasslands encircle every desert in Asia. 25 percent of the world is covered by the grassland biome.f the grasslands gets any more rain they would become forest and if the grasslands had less rainfall they would then be deserts. Grassland location globally. There are grassland in central North America, central and southern of South America, most of middle and south of Africa, central Asia and east of Australia.