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BY ABBY AND SHELBY

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

LOCATION

• Northern region of South America
• Southern part of Asia
• Northern part of Africa closest to the Atlantic Ocean

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CLIMATE, ANIMALS, & VEGETATION

• The usual climate is...
• Hot, very humid and wet
• The Dominant Vegetation is ...
• Orchids and other epiphytes
• The Dominant Animal is ...
• Bats, monkeys, birds

TROPICAL GRASSLAND

LOCATION

• Southern hemisphere
• Warmer places
• Far south in Africa and South America
• India
• Australia

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CLIMATE, ANIMALS, & PLANTS

• Warm with dry and rainy seasons
• Gazelles and mainly herbivores
• Tall grasses with scattered trees and shrubs

TEMPERATE GRASSLAND

LOCATION

• Austarlia
• North America
• Argentina
• Russia
• South Africa

CLIMATE, ANIMALS, & PLANTS

• Dry and Warm in summer months and snow in the winter
• Foxes, antelope, gophers, and prairie dogs and other burrowing animals
• Tall grasses

DESERT

LOCATION

• Away from coasts( so little moisture)
• Africa
• Chile
• South part of Asia
• Australia

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CLIMATE, ANIMALS, & PLANTS

• Dry with little rain and very hot
• Large cats, camels, foxes and nocturnal animals.
• Many cacti

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST

LOCATION

• Eastern parts of the United States and Canada.
• Parts of Japan and China.
• Western Europe

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CLIMATE, ANIMALS,& PLANTS

• Four distinct seasons hot and cold throughout the year.
• Black bear, raccoon,coyote, deer, bobcat
• Broadleaf trees

TEMPERATE RAINFOREST

LOCATION

• Pacific coast of North America
• South East coast of South America

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CLIMATE, ANIMALS, & PLANTS

• A very wet season then a dry summer
• Slugs, frogs, and owls and hibernating animals
• Evergreen conifers

TAIGA (BOREAL FOREST)

LOCATION

• Near the Arctic Circle
• Alaska
• Canada
• Scandinavia
• Siberia

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CLIMATE, ANIMALS, & PLANTS

• Long cold winters, short humid summers
• Lynx, hare, beavers, and owls.
• Many Coniferous trees such as spruce, fir, & cedar

TUNDRA

LOCATION

• Northern Canada and Alaska, Siberia and northern Scandinavia
• Close to Artic circle

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CLIMATE, ANIMALS, & PLANTS

• Subzero temperatures lots of snow and little rain
• Arctic Fox, musk ox, reindeer, loons, and lemming
• Mosses and deciduous trees

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