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Biomes of Earth
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Dry Forest
Tropical Savanna
Desert
Temperate Grassland
Description
Abiotic Factors
Dominant Plant Life
Dominant Wildlife
Geographical Distributions
Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
Temperate Forest
Northwest Coniferous Forest
Boreal Forest
Tundra
Description
Abiotic Factors
Dominant Plant Life
Dominant Wildlife
Geographical Distributions
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Dry Forest
Tropical Savanna
Desert
Temperate Grassland
Description
Abiotic Factors
Dominant Plant Life
Dominant Wildlife
Geographical Distributions
Explanation / Answer
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Dry Forest
Tropical Savanna
Desert
Temperate Grassland
Description
These are forests occurring in tropical regions of heavy rainfall. These are the most productive and most complex ecosystems on earth
Long dry seasons each year and receive several 100cm’s of rainfall. It is also known as tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome.
It has alternate wet and dry seasons, but considerably less annual rainfall, floods and droughts are common and no distinct rainy season
Regions where evaporation exceeds precipitation
This is a type of grassland biome. Also called as steppes or praires
Abiotic Factors
Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F)and average annual rainfall is not less than 168 cm
Temperatures are high throughout the year. Evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation in this dry forest.
Mean annual rainfall ranges from 80-160cm.
Mean annual temperature is greater than 18C. Prevailing winds are trade winds
Annual precipitation less than 25cm,average summer temperature is high around 30C.
Warm to hot season i.e. climate is semi-arid to semi-humid
Dominant plant life
Shrubs, herbs, small trees, and tall, broad-leaved evergreen trees are present. Also epiphytes (orchids, bromeliads, mosses and lichens) are present.
Mainly deciduous trees
Mainly tall grass and short trees. Trees are deciduous. Grasslands are called as ‘bush-veld’.
Xerophytic or drought resistant vegetation, trees are rare only date palms
Mainly grass and shrubs also small trees
Dominant Wildlife
reptiles, amphibians, ,insects, insects, apes, small mammals
Wildlife’s including monkeys, deer, large cats, parrots, rodents, ground dwelling birds and mammals
Grass eating herbivorous animals(zebra, giraffe, deer, elephant) and flesh eating carnivorous animals(lion, tiger, leopard, hyena, panther) are common
Snakes, African wild dog, bats
Large mammals, birds, reptiles
Geographical Distributions
Located around and near the equator and rarely extend more than 10 degrees north or south of the equator.
Located at tropical and subtropical latitudes i.e. between 10° and 20°N and S latitude’s
Confined within tropics and best developed in Sudan. It is found between the equatorial rainforests and hot deserts.
Located on western coasts of continents between 15 and 30N and S
Located above the equator in northern hemisphere
Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
Temperate Forest
Northwest Coniferous Forest
Boreal Forest
Tundra
Description
It has similarities with desert biome but unlike desert it gets good amount of rainfall
These are typical coniferous forests occur along the west of North America from central California to Alaska
Dense and heavy forest cover with many lakes and high productivity
Known as Taiga also, and seen only in the northern hemisphere
It’s a simple biome but with harsh climate (extremely low) there are mainly two categories, Alpine tundra and Arctic tundra
Abiotic Factors
Hot and dry summers , good rain Fall and winter rain also
Characterized by heavy precipitation and humidity. Warm conditions, with mild winter.
There is wide variation in temperatures , precipitation also varies
Short and warm reaching 20-25 °C whereas winters are long and harsh, always 30-40 °C below freezing
The winter is lengthy and severe with lowest temperature around -340c, summer is shorter and temperature comes up to 120c. Precipitation is also low.
Dominant Plant Life
small thorny trees and shrubs
Corniferous trees along with birches, alder and aspen, mosses and lichens form on ground
Black spruce, white spruce, tamarack etc.
Tamarack Spruce, fir, pine are main types
Vegetation consists of ericaceous shrubs, flowering herbs, lichens, mosses and grasses
Dominant Wildlife
Mainly jack rabbits, kangaroo rats, mule deer
Main mammals are, snowshoe hare, varying hare, red squirrel, lemming, vole, wolf, deer, chipmunks,
Mainly moose, deer, reindeer or caribou, mice and squirrels
Important mammals are elk, moose, woodland caribou, grizzly and black bears and many bird species also there
Muskox, arctic hare, arctic ground squirrel, vole these are the main herbivores, whereas wolf, arctic fox, weasels are main carnivores
Geographical Distributions
Found in Chile,Mexico, California some parts of Australia and A frica
Spreads across Europe and Australia, China
Cover Canada completely and Alaska
Seen mainly in Canada, northern parts of Eurasia. Absent in Southern hemisphere
Seen in regions south of Antartic circle and north of Arctic circle. Arctic tundra spreads across northern America, northen Europe and Siberia. Alpine tundra is mainly Tibetan plateau and Himalayan mountains
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Dry Forest
Tropical Savanna
Desert
Temperate Grassland
Description
These are forests occurring in tropical regions of heavy rainfall. These are the most productive and most complex ecosystems on earth
Long dry seasons each year and receive several 100cm’s of rainfall. It is also known as tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome.
It has alternate wet and dry seasons, but considerably less annual rainfall, floods and droughts are common and no distinct rainy season
Regions where evaporation exceeds precipitation
This is a type of grassland biome. Also called as steppes or praires
Abiotic Factors
Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F)and average annual rainfall is not less than 168 cm
Temperatures are high throughout the year. Evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation in this dry forest.
Mean annual rainfall ranges from 80-160cm.
Mean annual temperature is greater than 18C. Prevailing winds are trade winds
Annual precipitation less than 25cm,average summer temperature is high around 30C.
Warm to hot season i.e. climate is semi-arid to semi-humid
Dominant plant life
Shrubs, herbs, small trees, and tall, broad-leaved evergreen trees are present. Also epiphytes (orchids, bromeliads, mosses and lichens) are present.
Mainly deciduous trees
Mainly tall grass and short trees. Trees are deciduous. Grasslands are called as ‘bush-veld’.
Xerophytic or drought resistant vegetation, trees are rare only date palms
Mainly grass and shrubs also small trees
Dominant Wildlife
reptiles, amphibians, ,insects, insects, apes, small mammals
Wildlife’s including monkeys, deer, large cats, parrots, rodents, ground dwelling birds and mammals
Grass eating herbivorous animals(zebra, giraffe, deer, elephant) and flesh eating carnivorous animals(lion, tiger, leopard, hyena, panther) are common
Snakes, African wild dog, bats
Large mammals, birds, reptiles
Geographical Distributions
Located around and near the equator and rarely extend more than 10 degrees north or south of the equator.
Located at tropical and subtropical latitudes i.e. between 10° and 20°N and S latitude’s
Confined within tropics and best developed in Sudan. It is found between the equatorial rainforests and hot deserts.
Located on western coasts of continents between 15 and 30N and S
Located above the equator in northern hemisphere