Biomes Around the World

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Biomes Around the World

• By Toni Barisic

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• Thank you for watching my facts !about biomes !

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What is a Biome?

• A biome is a type of place around the world that
  changes between its habitat including plants,
  animals, and the climate its in.
• There are biomes at any place you go to, even
  were you are right know.

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Types of Biomes

• There are many types of biomes around the world.
• Desert
• Coniferous Forest
• Tropical Rainforest
• Arctic Tundra
• Grassland

• Deciduos Forest

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Desert

• The dessert has a very hot climate reaching at
  least 30 degrees, and is very dry with very
  little amount of lakes and rivers.The desert has
  hardly any life, some dont even have any animals
  at all. The only types of plants that you can
  find in a desert are cacti, these plants are
  green with many towering arms building up. A
  cactus is very spiky and contains water inside it
  which is how it survives in such a hot place.
  The desert is found in every single continent
  without including Europe. There are two types of
  deserts there are hot deserts and cold deserts.
  Deserts dont really have to be hot and dry, but
  they can actually be a vast wasteland with no
  plants or animals. There are very well known
  deserts out there including the great basin which
  is located in the United States covering Nevada
  and other places. The desert itself includes
  special features, it is known for the hotness and
  dryness that is involved in the desert, and also
  because of the interesting animals that live
  there vultures and other scavengers to camels and
  reptiles like lizards.

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Arctic Tundra

• The arctic tundra is the coldest biome in the
  entire world and is well know from the polar bear
  and penguins that live in these places. These
  region is located in many northern countries and
  continents including the northern parts of
  Europe, Asia, North America, and Greenland. You
  can also see this biome in higher place like
  mountains or very high hills. The arctic tundra
  is a place with very little trees and some areas
  without any at all.In the winter the temperature
  can decrease to a total of -30 degrees! Wow! I
  can guess why they cal this biome the coldest in
  the world.
• The arctic tundra can grow a permanent frozen
  subsoil called permafrost. Its is easy to find
  them on top of high and cold mountains.Some
  special features include the beautiful flowers
  that bloom in early Autumn and the top soil that
  melts causing mini pools for birds to swim in.

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Grassland

• The grassland is a warm biome were many farms can
  be produced after the fine weather there is.This
  biome is very dry from all the heat. Unlike its
  original name, the grassland has names such as
  Prairie in the US and Havana in many hot tropical
  places including the South American countries.
  You might of guessed that this biome has
  something to do with grass, and in fact it does.
  The grassland is a place filled with grass in
  vast open areas, with no trees., The reason why
  this biome does not have any trees is because
  this place is very dry and is subjective to be a
  very warm place-trees dont grow in hot places.
  Very few animals live in this biome. Even though
  there are a couple wolves and bison, there are
  still many hunters out there slowly killing them.
  There are still some deer and prairie dogs out
  there. In Africa they have plenty of zebras and
  giraffes while in north America they have prairie
  dogs.

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Coniferous Forest

• The coniferous forest is a modern forest that
  people live in in the southern parts of Canada.
  The coniferous forest was named by the tree
  itself, the coniferous. The reason why they call
  it by the coniferous tree is obviously because
  they have thousands of them all over these
  regions. The area this is located in stretches
  all the way from Alaska, across the Atlantic
  ocean, through the northern parts of Eurasia and
  lastly crossing the tip of the pacific ocean to
  Alaska again. Our worlds paper comes from the
  coniferous forest from the softwood timber.
  Another word that they call coniferous forest is
  more understandable , they cal it the Taiga. Many
  trees in the Taiga are able to last the cold
  winters, they include to Fir, Spruce, and the
  Hemlock. The reason why is because these trees
  save water and are not the types of leaves they
  are that you would find, they are needles, I call
  them pine needles because it would mix me up with
  the tool needle instead of the tree needle.

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Deciduous Forest

• The deciduous forest is a mild temperature zone
  because it is located near the equator in many
  parts of Europe, Asia, North America, and Minimal
  parts of Oceanic region. The deciduous forest
  includes many neat plants and some that you can
  find wherever you go. Other than the Coniferous,
  these trees have leaves, not any special type
  like needles. This means that the leaves die out
  in Autumn and fall down causing reproduction.
  This also means that the leaves do not store any
  water which is the main point of how they die.
  Like I said you can surely find it anywhere
  because these trees include the Maple tree, Oak,
  Willow, and the Ash. There are also fruits
  growing in these places because after all this is
  a mild temperature zone causing berries apples
  and vegetables to grow like carrots celery and
  turnips. The soil is so fresh and fertile that
  people are destroying tries to build farms and
  homes for them to plant and sell there fruits and
  vegetables. There are lot of animals including
  raccoons, deer, wolves, bears, and foxes.

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Rain Forest

• A Rain Forestis the warmest and most moisture
  filled biome. The exotic birds and other animals
  that live there make this biome to be very
  popular. This biome is located in the central
  area of the earth near the equater. Some
  continents it is in includes, Africa, South
  America, Southern areas of North America and The
  oceanic region including Indonesia and Malaysia.
  The main location where rain forests are found in
  Brazil in the famouse forest called the amazon.
  This biome is also located on the pacific islands
  including Hawaii in Asia. Half of the worlds
  rainforet is in Brazil. The rain forest gets at
  least 70 inches of rain every year.That is how it
  basically got its name. There are three sections
  in the rain forest, The canopy is the tallest
  level with trees that reach 100 to 200 hudred
  feet in the sky and of course with lots of sun
  and light. Next comes the understory which is the
  medium layer of the forest, they have vines and
  lots of animals in the trees. The last layer is
  the forest floor, where mosses mushrooms and
  herbs grow at, there is very few light.