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Biomes of the World - Coggle Diagram
Biomes of the World
Tundra
Animals found in the tundra include the musk ox, the Arctic hare, the polar bear, the Arctic fox, the caribou, and the snowy owl.
The term comes from the Finnish word tunturia, meaning "treeless plain".
In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons.
There are three regions and associated types of tundra: Arctic tundra, alpine tundra, and Antarctic tundra.
Forest
Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function.
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Forest animals include the wild creatures, the predators like wolves, lynxes, bears, foxes and wolverines, mammals, water creatures and many tiny creatures.
A forest is an ecosystem characterized by land dominated by trees.
Desert
The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid.
Examples of desert animals include invertebrates such as scorpions and camel spiders; reptiles such as the thorny devil, Gila monster and sidewinder rattlesnake.
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems
Savanna
The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses.
The savanna is home to many large land mammals, including elephants, giraffes, zebras, rhinoceroses, buffalo, lions, leopards, and cheetahs.
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
Tropical Rainforest
Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests that occur in tropical rainforest climate where there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm.
Rain forest mammals include sloths, tapirs, jaguars, ocelots, kinkajous, lemurs and agouti. The warm, moist environment is also an ideal habitat for reptiles and amphibians.
