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    This document provides information about different biomes including rainforests, deserts, tundra, savannas, temperate forests, and ice caps. It describes the general climate, vegetation, and vegetation zones of each biome. Biomes are large communities of plants and animals defined by climate and dominant vegetation types.

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    This document provides information about different biomes including rainforests, deserts, tundra, savannas, temperate forests, and ice caps. It describes the general climate, vegetation, and vegetation zones of each biome. Biomes are large communities of plants and animals defined by climate and dominant vegetation types.

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    This document provides information about different biomes including rainforests, deserts, tundra, savannas, temperate forests, and ice caps. It describes the general climate, vegetation, and vegetation zones of each biome. Biomes are large communities of plants and animals defined by climate and dominant vegetation types.

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    Biome Information

    Biome: A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region. Biomes are typically defined by their climate
    (average temperatures/rainfall) and dominant vegetation (plant types).

    Biome Type Rainforest Desert Tundra

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    Hot and humid, little seasonal Dry Little precipitation: 6-10 inches
    change a year
    less than 10 inches of rainfall per
    General Climate Daily period of heavy rainfall year Very cold winters, cold
    Description summers, and little rain or snow
    Over 100 inches of rain per year Can experience extreme
    temperatures including cold
    winters and hot summers
    General Vegetation Tall trees with large leaves that Some areas contain few if any Ground permanently frozen 10
    Description remain green all year. plants inches to 3 feet deep

    Densely forested, broad canopy Other areas contain small trees, Treeless plain with grasses,
    with little light penetration to bushes, shrubs, and other plants mosses, and scrubs adapted to a
    floor of forest that have adapted to the arid cold climate
    climate
    Vegetation Zones Broadleaf Evergreen Forest Desert, Chaparral, Desert Scrub, Tundra
    Within Biome
    Biome Type Savanna (Grassland) Temperate Forest Ice Cap

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    Rainfall 40” – 60” per year Receives 30 – 60 inches of rain Very cold all year with
    per year permanent ice and snow.
    Distinct dry season
    General Climate Mild summers (hot and warm) Little Precipitation (less than
    Description Terrain tropical perennial 10 inches a year)
    grassland, grasses 3 – 6 feet tall Winters are cold and can go
    below freezing
    Widely spaced, drought resistant
    trees,
    General Vegetation Terrain tropical perennial Trees with broad flat leaves that Permanent ice and snow. No
    Description grassland, grasses 3 – 6 feet tall are shed before winter plant life.

    Widely spaced, drought resistant Includes Evergreen trees with


    trees, needles and cones.

    Vegetation Zones Temperate Grassland, Tropical Coniferous Forest, Mixed Forest, Ice Cap
    Within Biome grassland Deciduous Forest

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