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environment &ecology - Coggle Diagram

- - - - major community:large sized,&independent in nature
        
        minor community:dependent on neighbouring community called society
  - - - terrestrial ecosystem:forest,grassland,desert
        
        aquatic ecosystem:fresh water,saline,marine
  - - - its distinct from habitats because any biome can comprise a variety of habitats
  - - - coldest of the biomes. It also receives low amounts of precipitation, making the tundra similar to a desert
        
        Vegetation in the tundra has adapted to the cold and the short growing season. Mosses, sedges, and lichens are common, while few trees grow in the tundra
      - regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia. Much of Alaska and about half of Canada are in the tundra biome. Tundra is also found at the tops of very high mountains elsewhere in the world
    - - also known as coniferous forest or boreal forest. This biome typically has short, wet summers and long, cold winters. Precipitation is moderate in the taiga.
        
        . It contains the greatest richness of species, the warmest soils, the highest productivity, and the longest growing season within the boreal zone.
    - - located in the mid-latitude areas which means that they are found between the polar regions and the tropics. The deciduous forest regions are exposed to warm and cold air masses, which cause this area to have four seasons. The temperature varies widely from season to season with cold winters and hot, wet summers.
        
        Many different kinds of trees, shrubs, and herbs grow in deciduous forests. Most of the trees are broadleaf trees such as oak, maple, beech, hickory and chestnut. There are also several different kinds of plants like mountain laurel, azaleas and mosses
    - - two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator where it is warm. Temperate rainforests are found near the cooler coastal areas further north or south of the equator.
        
        Vines, palm trees, orchids, ferns
    - - savanna biome is an area that has a very dry season and then a very wet season. They are situated between a grassland and a forest. They can also overlap with other biomes. There are savanna's located in Africa, South America, India, and Australia.
        
        savanna biome is rich with herbivores such as elephants, zebras, gazelles, and buffalo.
    - - Grassland biomes consist of large open areas of grass. Trees can be present, but they are infrequent. The animals found in grasslands range from African elephants (Loxodonta africana) to various species of prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.).
        
        two distinct types of grasslands are savannas and temperate grasslands. These two types of grasslands may look similar, but they differ in some significant ways
        
        Temperate grasslands also are known to have richer soils than savannastemperate grasslands have rich soil,.
    - - This biome has a layer of soil that can either be sandy, gravelly, or stony, depending on the type of desert.
        
        four main types of desert include hot and dry deserts, semi-arid deserts, coastal deserts, and cold deserts. In hot and dry deserts, also known as arid deserts