Major Terrestrial Biomes

Terrestrial Biomes Location/ Annual Dry Season Temperature ( °C)

Distribution Rainfall (mm)

Tropical Rain Forests 2000-4000 mm

(Highest Biodiversity) (constant rainy - 25-29 °C
Close to the equator & season)
extends to the sub
Tropical Dry Forests equatorial areas 1500-2000 mm 6-7 months Up to 33 °C
(Highest Biodiversity) (seasonal)

Savanna 300-500 mm 8-9 months 24-29 °C

Desert Occurring near 30°N and S >50 °C in Hot deserts

(Temperate & Tropical latitudes & in the center of
Biome) continents <300 mm - <-30 °C in Cold
(e.g. Gobi desert in deserts
N. Central Asia)

Mid latitude coastal regions

(N.America,Chilie,Spain, Avg 10-12 °C but can
Chaparral Southern France, 300-500 mm - reach up to 40 °C
S.Africa,Southern
California)

Temperate Grasslands 300-1000 mm Periodic About 30 °C in

- (highly drought summer
seasonal) <-10 °C in winter

Temperate Broadleaf Mid latitudes in the Northern 700-2000 mm

Forests Hemisphere (in summer as - Up to 35 °C in summer
rain and in Avg 0 °C in winter
winter as
snow)

Northern Coniferous Extended as a broad band

Forests (Tyga) form upper band of Arctic 300-700 mm Periodic 20 °C in summer
(Largest Biome on Tundra drought -50 °C in winter
Earth)

Covers expansive areas of Arctic Tundra

Tundra the Arctic region, amounting 200 - 600 mm - <10 °C in summer
20% of the Earth's land <-30 °C in winter
surface Alpine Tundra
>1000 mm