Biomes of The Planet Earth

Table Of Contents

• Color coded map
• List of biomes
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Deserts
• Grassland
• Deciduous Forest
• Taiga
• Tundra
• Water Ecosystems
• Recourses

What is a biome?
A biome is a enviroment of animals and plants. Biomes are distinct from the different types of communities.

Tropical Rain Forest

• Get's up to 125 to 660 centimeters of precipitation
• Abiotic factors include warm climate,sunlight and soil.
• Landforms of the tropical rain forest channels,streams,and rivers
• Biotic factors include insects, fungi, and bacteria.

Desert

• The desert biome gets up to 10 centimeters of rainfall per year
• Abiotic factors include precipitation and soil
• Biotic factors include rabbits, snakes, camels
• Landforms include sand, gravel, boulders, mountains, clay

Grassland

• Get's up to 25-60 inches per year
• Abiotic factors include climate, parent material and soil, topography
• Biotic factors include Canadian Geese, Crickets, Dung Beetle, Bison, and Prairie Chicken.
• Landforms in the biome include steppes, mountains, and hills.

Deciduous Forest

• Get's up to 30 to 60 inches of rainfall per year.
• Abiotic factors are rock,soil,water and sunlight
• Biotic factors include deciduous trees,coyotes and a white-tail deer
• Landforms include mountains,valleys and rolling hills.

Tundra

• 10 inches of precipitation per year
• Abiotic factors include air,temperature and sunlight.
• Biotic factors include sedges, reindeer mosses, liverworts.
• Landforms found in this biome are tiny hills,valleys,and slopes.

Taiga

• Abiotic factors are rivers,sunlight,lakes,and mountains
• The total precipitation in a year is 30 to 85 cm
• Landforms include broad lowlands and gently rolling plains
• Biotic factors include grass,moss and lichens

Water Ecosystems

• Lifeforms include nutrients,nitrogen and phosphorus
• Abiotic Forms are water and soil
• Landforms include rivers and lakes

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WEB SOURCES

• www.ec.gc.ca/eau-water/default.asp?lang=En&n=6CA710A4-1
• https://sites.google.com/site/thetaigadanbohl/our-company/biotic-factors
• www.blueplanetbiomes.or
• www.google.com

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