There are, at least,

nine Biomes all

around the world:

- Tropical Rainforest (Jungle)

- Savannah grassland
- Desert
- Temperate Grassland (Steppe)
- Deciduous Forest
- Mediterranean Biome
- Coniferous Forest (Taiga)
- Tundra
- High Mountain Biome
 TROPICAL
RAINFOREST
(JUNGLE BIOME)
• Equatorial climate
• High (around 27ºC) and constant
temperatures
• Abundant and constant precipitations
• Large rivers
• Great diversity of plants
• Great diversity of animal species (especially
birds and insects)
• Sparsely populated. Inhabibitated by
tribespeople
Main jungles in the world
 SAVANNAH
GRASSLAND
• Tropical climate
• Hot temperatures (not as high as in equatorial
climate)
• Abundant precipitation concentrated in one
season
• Dry seasons
• Vast expanse of grass that changes colour
according to the season
• It´s located between jungle and steppe
The savannah in the world
• Arid area
DESERT
• Almost nonexistent precipitations

• Temperatures vary greatly between day and night

• Very poor vegetation and fauna, limited to the oases

–Two kinds of deserts

–Hot deserts:
–Around the tropics (Sahara is the most important)
–Very high daily temperatures (around 50º C)
–Cold deserts:
–Although the summer temperature is high, they have cold
winters (around -10º C)
–Gobi desert, in Mongolia, is the most important
Main deserts in the world
 TEMPERATE
GRASSLAND
• Also kwown as Steppe
• Big areas in Asia
• Cold and wet
• Grasses, bushes and few trees
Temperate grassland
 DECIDUOUS FOREST
• Mild tempertures all the year
because of the influence of the
ocean
• Oceanic climate
• Abundant precipitations in all
seasons
• Fertile soils
• High density of population
Deciduous forest in the
world
MEDITERRANEAN BIOME
• High temperatures in summer
and mild temperatures in winter
• Scarce precipitations
• Men has contributed to the
retreat of the forest, replaced by
bushes
• Wheat, vines, fruits and olive
trees
Mediterranean landscape in
the world
 Coniferous Forest
(Taiga)
• Cold temperatures and snow
• Coniferous Trees
• Pinetree
• Fir
• Cedar
• Evergreen trees
Coniferous Forest (Tagia)
 TUNDRA
•Low Temperatures Areas of
permanent ice
•Vegetation: mosses and lichens
• Scarcely population

• Polar bears, Artic foxes…

TUNDRA
 HIGH MOUNTAIN AREA
• Cold and damp (wet)
• Extreme cold temperatures
• Rain and snow
• -0,6º C per 100 metres
• Different vegetation in different
levels
• Himalayas, Andes, Alps, etc.
World map of the high
mountain areas