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Boreal forest

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  • 45 latitude
  • 30cm~85cm, below freezing.
  • Coniferous trees, wet short summer. Little light.
  • insect, seed eating birds. Small mammals, moose.
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Temperate deciduous forest

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Eastern Canada, 23.5 latitude

  • 75cm~180cm, temperature gap, distinct seasons. Fallen leaves rich soil.
  • four layers of trees, light go through.
  • fern herb mosses. Squirrels,
3
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Temperate rainforest

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Coast line with mountain

  • 200cm. 5~25 yearly. Foggy
  • tall trees, douglas fir, mosses, linchens, fungi.
  • small mammals, birds
4
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Grass land temperate

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25cm~100cm 30~-10degree

-flat, rich, deep decay grass root. Scarce tree, limited rain fall, fire.

5
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Tropical grassland

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  • 50~130cm 20~30 degree

- less rich soil, heavy rain, fire,

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Tropical rainforest

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  1. 5 latitude
    - 250cm 20~25 degree
    - poor soil, heavy rain, recycled, dark forest.
    - diversity of plant and animals, layers of trees.
7
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Hot desert

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Every contients

- 23cm 7~38 degrees. Very little/large rainfall. Salty soil. Few plant, more reptiles.

8
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Cold desert

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Dry regions. Goni desert.
25 cm rainfall, -2~26 degrees.
Snow, spiny plants, erosion salty soil.
Small mammals, lizards

9
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Permanent ice

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Arctic greenland 
50cm rainfall, -89 -30 14 3 
Strong wind little soil fresh water
Lichens drought 100 types of flower
Fuckin cold here
10
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Tundra

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  • upper northern
  • 25 less cm rainfall
  • 3~12 -20~-30
  • permafrost, flat terrain, cold no trees.
  • foxes, hares, butterflies, birds