My Tundra Report Engelhardt

MyTundra Report

By: Anna E.

The two types of tundra’s are the Arctic Tundra and the Alpine Tundra which are pretty different.

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Arctic Tundra is a mostly cold area located near the North Pole.

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Places the Arctic Tundra covers are Norway, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, and Denmark.

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Alpine Tundra is located high up in the mountains where it is cold and few mammals live there and no tall plants and no permafrost either is well drained soil.

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Permafrost is permanent soil but, not very good soil you can find it in the Alpine Tundra.

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Some animals that live in the Arctic Tundra are caribou, wolves, musk ox, arctic hares, arctic fox, and polar bears.

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