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BIOME
• A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WITH SIMILAR• CLIMATE• SOIL• ANIMAL LIFE• PLANT LIFE
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Figure 10.5 Earth’s Biomes
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Figure 10.6 Temperature and Precipitation
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Figure 10.10 Tropical Rain Forest Climate
laterite
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Figure 10.11 Complex Structure
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Figure 10.14 Tropical Savanna
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Figure 10.16 Temperate Deciduous Forest
FRONTIER FOREST
• THESE ARE FORESTS WHOSE ECOSYSTEMS ARE LARGELY UNAFFECTED BY PEOPLE AND CONTAIN A MIX OF NATIVE TREES OF DIFFERENT AGES AND RICH BIODIVERSITY.
• http://multimedia.wri.org/frontier_forest_maps/namerica.html
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Figure 10.18 Temperate Evergreen Forest
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Figure 10.21 Chaparral
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Figure 10.23 Temperate Grassland
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Figure 10.26 Boreal Forest
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Figure 10.27 Tundra
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Figure 10.29 DesertDESERT
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Figure 10.33 Mountain ClimatesWet,windwardslopes
Moist airascends
Relative humidityincreases
Rain shadow
Desert
Dry, leewardslopes
Relative humiditydecreases
Hot, dry airdescends
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