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Biomes Are Climatically and Geographically Defined As
Biomes Are Climatically and Geographically Defined As
Biomes Are Climatically and Geographically Defined As
Biomesareclimaticallyandgeographicallydefined as
contiguous areas with similar climatic conditions on
theEarth, such ascommunitiesofplants,animals, andsoil
organisms,and are often referred to asecosystems.
Anecosystemhas manybiotopesand a
Tundra
TERRESTRIAL
BIOMES: major
(global scale) regions
of physically similar,
but not taxonomically
related, vegetation
and animals (life
zones, ecoregions)
Each biome type has
a distinctiveformof
vegetation
(physiognomy)
Boreal forest
Decidiuous forest
Aquatic biomes
Water covers about three
Aquatic biome