The document provides definitions for different biomes, including ice caps, arctic tundra, alpine tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, rainforest, grassland, tropical savanna, chaparral, desert scrub, desert, streams and rivers, lakes and ponds, wetlands, estuaries, intertidal, coastal, coral reefs, oceanic pelagic, and abyssal. It also notes that wind patterns generally create deserts around 30 degrees north and south latitude and that both tundra biomes share permanently frozen ground just below the surface.
The document provides definitions for different biomes, including ice caps, arctic tundra, alpine tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, rainforest, grassland, tropical savanna, chaparral, desert scrub, desert, streams and rivers, lakes and ponds, wetlands, estuaries, intertidal, coastal, coral reefs, oceanic pelagic, and abyssal. It also notes that wind patterns generally create deserts around 30 degrees north and south latitude and that both tundra biomes share permanently frozen ground just below the surface.
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The document provides definitions for different biomes, including ice caps, arctic tundra, alpine tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, rainforest, grassland, tropical savanna, chaparral, desert scrub, desert, streams and rivers, lakes and ponds, wetlands, estuaries, intertidal, coastal, coral reefs, oceanic pelagic, and abyssal. It also notes that wind patterns generally create deserts around 30 degrees north and south latitude and that both tundra biomes share permanently frozen ground just below the surface.
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Ice Caps: a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice.
Arctic Tundra: Alpine Tundra: High altitude locations anywhere with permafrost, a layer of permanently frozen ground just below the surface. Taiga: Deciduous Forest: Rainforest: Grassland: Tropical Savanna: Low-latitude grasslands typically studded with trees. Chaparral: Desert Scrub: Desert: Generally around a belt of 30 degrees north and south latitude where global wind patterns carry down dry air from the upper atmosphere. Streams and Rivers: Lakes and Ponds: Wetlands: Estuaries: Intertidal: Coastal: Coral Reefs: Oceanic Pelagic: Abyssal:
Notes:
From 0-30 degrees longitude, wind is easterly. From 30-60 degrees, wind is westerly. From 60-90 degrees, wind is easterly again.