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The tundra is a bleak and treeless place, and cold all year round, barring a brief summer period. It's known as "the land of the midnight sun." The short summer lasts only 6 to 10 weeks. There is a layer of permafrost, ice that never goes away in the ground, creating bogs and shallow lakes that don't drain.
During the long winter months the sun barely rises and it is dark for most of the day. Bitter cold winds scud across the barren snow scape, exposing high plateaus to barren ground.
Winter temperatures don't reach above 20° F and average -20° to -30°F. Endless hours darkness settle in and the winds blow even harder. The snow that falls is blown off the high plateaus and collects in the valleys. Animals hunker down, able to find only enough food to keep warm.
It is freezing cold in the tundra. The plants that grow there are moss, shrubs, very few trees, and lech. he tundra's climate is cold in the summers and freezing with snow storms and blizzards in the winter.
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∙ 9y agoThe tundra is similar to the desert with regard to rainfall.
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∙ 15y agoThe desert. because it gets little rain. but because of the permafrost (the frozen layer of soil under the ground) it stays moist and cool.
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∙ 12y agoIs the coldest of all biomes.
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∙ 10y agothe desert
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What are other names for the Savanna Biome?
These are the Biomes: * Temperate Deciduous Forest * Desert * Tundra * Rain Forest * Grasslands (Savanna and Prairie) * Taiga, Boreal, Coniferous Forest ( They are all kinda the same things, look up images of them, and then you will understand) * Aquatic Biomes ( Marine, Fresh Water, and Estuary) * Those are the Biomes names * (:
Why would it be hard to live in the tundra biome?
It would it be hard to live in the tundra because the tundra is like a dessert exept a dessert with snow . The tundra is a cold, dry treeless region, also known as a cold dessert . It would be hard living there because you will first have to be adapt/get used to the tundra.
Is biome a living or nonliving?
A biome has both living parts such as animals and plants as well as non-living parts like rocks and air. A biome is like a widespread habitat that can occur in many places throughout the world. Examples of biomes include: wetlands, tundra, and tropical rainforest
What is a biome and what are the major factors that determine what type of biome is in a part of the world?
A great wetland that should be explored, their is many animals like sloths, hampsters, Guinea Pigs, snakes, foxes, giraffes, alligators, hippos, dogs, cats, fish, birds, DRUGGIES, whores! Cora and Carrie
Describe the interactions of abiotic and biotic factors in the ecosystem in the tundra?
An abiotic factor is a non biological component of a biome. For tundra, the lower annual temperature average is one such factor. Additionally, because of the latitude, the wide range of sunlight that the tundra receives is another.
Relative to rainfall the tundra is most like what biome?
taiga
What Relative to rainfall the tundra is most like what other biome?
The desert
What biome receives the least amount of rainfall?
desert and tundra tundra doesnt have snowbut desert has the least
What is a biome?
A biome is a major regional biological community such as that of a forest or a desert.
Tundra is like what other biome?
desert
What is the tundra most like in other biome?
taiga
Is the tundra an ecosystem?
Technically, no, but it does have ecosystems in it. The Tundra is a biome that is extremely cold with little rainfall and sunlight. All biomes contains lots of different ecosystems.... An ecosystem is all the populations that are lving in one specific area, whereas the biome is like a bunch of different areas with the same type of features, fuana, and vegetation.
What are facts about the alpine?
The Alpine Tundra is funominal and i like the biome
Is a biome and weather the same thing?
No a biome is like land. Examples: rainforest, tundra, forest etc.
What is the biome in anchorage Alaska?
Coniferous forest in the majority of the state, further to the north it possesses a tundra biome. More precisely, you could say that it is sub-arctic coniferous forest.
Are there any blueberry bushes in the Tundra Biome?
Yes, Blueberries are found in the tundra biome. These Blueberries are much different, however, than that of the taiga or deciduous forest. This subspecies's fruit are single-lobed and navy blue just like that of any other blueberry. On the contrary, these berries are harder, half the size, and much more flavorful. These are edible as well as widely consumed by wildlife such as the Arctic Fox. Other common berries of the tundra biome are salmonberries (a relative of the blackberry) and redberries (the version of cranberries that do not live in a bog).
What are biomes?
Biomes are the major communities of the world. they are characterized by distinct vegetation and animals. Climate , temperature and rainfall determine to a large extent the biomes of the world. Example: Deserts, Forests, Marine, Rainforests, and Tundra Regions that have distinctive climates and organisms and contain many separate but similar ecosystems.The official definition for the word biome is "a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra."
