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Desert

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Dry climates which receive less than 25cm of rain per year.

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Temperate deserts

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Deserts which tend to be cold with freezing temperatures at night

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Forests which expereince drought part of the year

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Tropical dry forests

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tundra

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a dry environment with long cold winters and short cool summers. The top layer of soil freezes during the winter and thaws during the summer and beneath this layer is constantly frozen permafrost.

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Tropical Forests

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Warm year round and the only seasons they experience are wet and dry seasons.

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Temperate Grasslands

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Warm summers and cold winters - with too little rain for tress

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a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and the plants and animals that live there

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biome

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a dry environment with long cold winters and short cool summers. The top layer of soil freezes during the winter and thaws during the summer and beneath this layer is constantly frozen permafrost.

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tundra

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Warm year round and the only seasons they experience are wet and dry seasons.

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Tropical Forests

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Warm temperature year round with a short rainy season

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Tropical Grasslands

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Deserts which tend to be cold with freezing temperatures at night

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Temperate deserts

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Warm summers and cold winters - with too little rain for tress

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Temperate Grasslands

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taiga (Boreal Forest)

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are found just south of the tundra. This area experiences long cold winters an short warm summers. Conifer forests and little else grow here.

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temperate forests

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experience four seasons with warm summers, and cold winters, and high precipitation. Some are deciduous while others are coniferous.

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Wetlands

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Seasonally or permanently saturated with water - some of these are freshwater, some are saltwater

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Tropical Deserts

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Deserts which tend tostay above freezing while experiencing a large daily temperature range

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Tropical Grasslands

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Warm temperature year round with a short rainy season

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are found just south of the tundra. This area experiences long cold winters an short warm summers. Conifer forests and little else grow here.

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taiga (Boreal Forest)

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Forests which are wet year-round

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Tropical rain forests

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cool wet winters and hot dry summers. Plants are mainly drought resistant evergreen shrubs.

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Mediterranean climates (Chaparral)

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Tropical rain forests

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Forests which are wet year-round

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biome

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a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and the plants and animals that live there

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experience four seasons with warm summers, and cold winters, and high precipitation. Some are deciduous while others are coniferous.

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temperate forests

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Dry climates which receive less than 25cm of rain per year.

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Desert

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Seasonally or permanently saturated with water - some of these are freshwater, some are saltwater

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Wetlands

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Tropical dry forests

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Forests which expereince drought part of the year

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Deserts which tend tostay above freezing while experiencing a large daily temperature range

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Tropical Deserts

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Mediterranean climates (Chaparral)

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cool wet winters and hot dry summers. Plants are mainly drought resistant evergreen shrubs.

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Prairies, steppes, veldt, pampas and savannas

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Other terms for Grasslands

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Other terms for Grasslands

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Prairies, steppes, veldt, pampas and savannas