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- - - - Some of the conifers that grow in these regions are types of spruces, pines, firs, junipers, evergreen trees, cedars and cypress.
    - - Brown bears, reindeer, moose, wolves and weasels
    - - Temperate coniferous forests are common in the coastal areas of regions that have mild winters and heavy rainfall, or inland in drier climates or montane areas.
    - - The coniferous forest are located in the colder zones of the northern hemisphere
    - - Coniferous trees form part the taiga or boreal forest
      - Conifer trees have needle-like or scale-like leaves.
      - Conifer comes from a Latin word that means “the one that bears cones”.
  - - - Temperate deciduous forests have a great variety of plant species. Most have three levels of plants. Lichen, moss, ferns, wildflowers and other small plants can be found on the forest floor. Shrubs fill in the middle level and hardwood trees like maple, oak, birch, magnolia, sweet gum and beech make up the third level.
    - - You can fiind deer, squirels, beavers, foxes and wild boar
    - - 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. The average yearly temperature is about 10°C.
    - - Deciduous temperate forests are located in the cool, rainy regions of the northern hemisphere (North America — including Canada, the United States, and central Mexico — Europe, and western regions of Asia — including Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, and parts of Russia).
    - - Deciduous Forests Change with the Seasons
      - Insects Lay Eggs Before Perishing in the Winter.
      - Animals in Deciduous Forests Use Camouflage
  - - - The typical flora includes:oak trees, rosemary, and thyme
    - - iberian linx, barbary macaque and barbary leopard
    - - Mediterranean forests and scrublands are characterized by hot and dry summers, while winters tend to be cool and moist.
    - - Mediterranean forests are found in the Mediterranean basin, California, the South African Cape Province, South and southwestern Australia and parts of Central Chile
    - - Mediterranean forests have been in the past and still are in certain region, intensively used for sustaining rural livelihoods.
      - Mediterranean forests at present cover about 81 million ha, or 9.4 percent of the region's total land area, a much-reduced proportion when compared with their former extent.
      - The forests of the Mediterranean region are essential to maintaining water and soil resources.
  - - - Other rain forest mammals include sloths, tapirs, jaguars, ocelots, kinkajous, lemurs and agouti.
    - - Tropical rainforests are found in Central and South America, western and central Africa, western India, Southeast Asia, the island of New Guinea, and Australia
    - - Ferns, lichens, mosses, orchids, and bromeliads are all epiphytes. The tropical rainforest is also home to nepenthes or pitcher plants.
    - - Located near the ecuator,the temperature is high but there is lots of rain
    - - Rainforests cover about 6% of the Earth's land surface.
      - There are several different types of rainforests.
      - The world's largest rainforest is the Amazon rainforest.
- - - - Lemon grass, Rhodes grass, star grass, and Bermuda grass. There are also many trees scattered across the savannah. Some of these trees include the acacia, baobab and jackalberry.
    - - You can find it in Africa, Sourh America, Southern Asia and Northern australia
    - - High tempereratures and some rain thats because there are some trees but not many
    - - Grant´ś Gacelle,Caracal,African Pygmy Falcon,Lion,Zebra, Spotted Hyena,Whited-Backed Vulture and Girafe.
    - - Savannas can actually be found on most continents
      - The Serengeti is full of diverse wildlife.
      - The Serengeti is full of diverse wildlife.
  - - - The main temperate grasslands are the steppe in Eurasia, the prairies of North America, the downs of Australia and New Zealand and the pampa of Argentina
    - - The various species of grasses include purple needlegrass, blue grama, buffalo grass, and galleta. Flowers include asters, blazing stars, coneflowers, goldenrods, sunflowers, clovers, psoraleas, and wild indigos. Precipitation in the temperate grasslands usu
    - - The faunainclude gazelles, zebras, rhinoceroses, wild horses, lions, wolves, prairie dogs, jack rabbits, deer, mice, coyotes, foxes, skunks, badgers, blackbirds, grouses, meadowlarks, quails, sparrows, hawks, owls, snakes, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, and spiders.
    - - Temperate grasslands have cold winters and warm summers with some rain.
    - - Grassland animals need the prairie dog to survive, but the population is decreasing.
      - Grassland biomes are mainly between a forest and a desert.
      - 25% of the Earth's surface comprises the grassland biome.
- - - - It includes five main oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern, as well as many smaller Gulfs and Bays. Marine regions are usually very salty!
    - - giant kelp, seagrass, sea grapes and plankton
    - - salt water
    - - oceans and seas
    - - sharks, turtles, dolphins, crabs, jellyfish and sponges
    - - The Marine Ecosystem is the Largest Ecosystem on Earth.
      - The Marine Ecosystem has the Greatest Biodiversity on Earth.
      - Oceans Regulate the Earth's Climate.
  - - - fresh water
    - - lakes, rivers, streams and ponds
    - - bulrushes, reeds and waterlilies
    - - fish, crocodriles, turtles and frogs
    - - Water is constantly recycled
      - In and out of these waters in the freshwater biomes, there are about 100,00 animals and aquatic plants.
      - 4 out of every 10 fish species in the world calls the freshwater biome its home.