Ten thousand years ago, the Sahara had extensive grasslands and was dotted with lakes and trees.

一万年前，撒哈拉拥有广阔的草原，遍布湖泊和树木。

Pampas is the most common word for the extensive grasslands of mid-southern South America and is from the Quechua word for plain.

潘帕斯草原（Pampas）是指南美洲中南部广阔草原的最常用词，源自克丘亚语，意为平原。

But in the place of the once a mighty Amazon rainforest would likely be an extensive grassland region interspersed with occasional Woodlands similar to the climate of eastern central Africa like the Serengeti.

但一个曾经茂盛的亚马逊雨林很可能变成一个广阔的草原地区，中间可能夹杂一些林地，类似于中非东部的塞伦盖蒂气候。