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Temperate Seasonal Forest/Deciduous Forest
Major Locations: Europe, Eastern China, Eastern North America, Great Lakes
Rainfall: High precipitation throughout year
Climate: Warm summers, cold winters with freezes
Features: Leaves fall off trees which decompose and make fertile soils
Temperate Grasslands
Major Locations: North American Plains (Prairie), Russia (Steppe)
Rainfall: Limited. Supports more grasses than trees
Climate: Extremes. Very cold in winter and hot in summer
Features: Very little of biome remains as most has turned into agriculture due to excellent topsoil. Topsoil formed from thousands of years of herbivore waste (buffalo) and grass decomposition.
Temperate Rainforest
Major Locations: Pacific Northwest of US, S Alaska, Japan
Rainfall: Abundant
Climate: Mild temperatures year-round
Features: Parts are old-growth and important for biodiversity. Commercially important for logging.
Tropical Rainforest
Major Locations: Equatorial on most continents
Rainfall: Abundant year-round
Climate: Hot year-round
Features: Highest biodiversity on land. Lush, dark, and damp. Poor soil
Savanna
Major Location: Mainly Africa
Rainfall: Low overall, but has rainy season
Climate: Warm year-round
Features: Grasses dominate due to limited rainfall. Has large acacia trees
Desert
Major Locations: Many places globally around 30N and 30S latitude
Rainfall: Very low
Climate: Extremes between winter and summer. Very hot and very cold
Features: Organisms are specialized to survive. Some deserts are barren with sand dunes while others have drought-resistant shrubs.
Tundra
Major Location: High latitudes surrounding the poles: Arctic and Antarctic
Rainfall: Very low
Climate: Very cold—snow and ice in winter. Summer looks barren, but its vegetation is
important
Features: Little daylight in winter. Lots of daylight in summer which leads to abundance productivity. Important for migratory animals in summer. Has permafrost soil that is melting with climate change
Taiga/Boreal Forest
Major Location: Canada, Russia, Alaska,
Scandinavia and very high altitudes in mountains
of other biomes.
Rainfall: Moderate
Climate: Very cold winters and mild summers
Features: Conifer and Evergreen trees (like Christmas trees). Animals hibernate and then feed abundantly during summers
Shrubland/Chaparral
Major Locations: Southern California, Mediterranean, Chile, Australia
Rainfall: Low, but more than desert. Only biome with almost no rain in summer.
Climate: Hot summers, mild winters
Features: Has evergreen shrubs. Adapted to and dependent on fire.