Biomes of the World

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Biomes of the World
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What is a biome?
A BIOME is the largest geographic biotic unit, a
major community of plants and animals with
similar life forms and environmental conditions.
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???????? (Biome)

• - ?????????? (life form) ?????????
• - ?????????????????????????? ????????????????????
  ????????? (climatic region)
• - ???????????????????????? (climax vegetation)

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How many biomes are there?
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How many biomes are there?

• Tropical Rainforest (??????????)
• Tropical Savanna (????????????????????)
• Desert (????????)
• Chaparral
• Grassland (????????)
• Temperate Deciduous Forest (??????????????????)
• Temperate Boreal Forest (?????)
• Tundra

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Tropical Rainforest ??????????

• ???????????????????????????
• ????????????????????????????? 200
• ?????????????? 20oC - 25oC
• ????????????????????????????? ????????????????????
  ??????????? biome ????????????? 50

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Tropical Savanna

• ??????????????????????? ???????????????????? ?
• ?????????
• ????????????????? 50 - 127 cm
• ?????????????????? ?????????? ??????????

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Desert ????????

• ???? latitude 25o - 40o
• ????????????????????????? ???????? 25 cm
• ?????????????? 20oC - 25oC ???????????????????????
  ???? ??? ????????????????? 38oC
  ???????????????????? 15oC

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Chaparral

• ???? latitude 32o - 40o
• ???????????????????????????????
• ????????????????? 35 -70 cm ??????????????????????
  ?????

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Grassland ????????

• ?????????????????????????
• ?????????????????????? 50 - 90 cm
• ????????? ??????????????????? 38oC ??????????
  ???????????? 40oC

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Temperate Deciduous Forest??????????????????

• ???????????
• ???????????????????????
• ?????????????? 4 ???
• ???????????????????????? 30oC
• ????????????????? 75 - 150 cm

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Temperate Boreal Forest

• ???????????Taiga
• ?????????? latitude 45o - 60o
• Cold climate with summer rains
• ????????????????????
• ????????????

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Tundra

• ???????????????????????????????????????
• ?????????????????????
• Winter temperatures 34oC
• summer temperatures usually average below 10oC
• Low precipitation (1525 cm per year) but ground
  is usually wet because of low evaporation

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Credits

• Text
• http//www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9k.h
  tml
• http//www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome
  /index.html
• Pictures
• http//www.worldbiomes.com/
• http//www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome
  /index.html
• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/
• PowerPoint
• Arizona Game and Fish Department, 2005