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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Arctic land animals" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Arctic land animals (1 C, 54 P) Birds of the Arctic (5 C ...
Arctic ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between biotic and abiotic factors in the arctic, the region north of the Arctic Circle (66° 33’N). [1] This region is characterized by two biomes: taiga (or boreal forest ) and tundra . [ 2 ]
Alaska's polar bear populations are concentrated along its Arctic coastlines. In the winter, they are most common in the Kuskokwim Delta, St. Matthew Island, and at the southernmost portion of St. Lawrence Island. During the summer months, they migrate to the coastlines of the Arctic Ocean and the Chukchi Sea. [10]
The Canadian Arctic tundra is a biogeographic designation for Northern Canada's terrain generally lying north of the tree line or boreal forest, [2] [3] [4] that corresponds with the Scandinavian Alpine tundra to the east and the Siberian Arctic tundra to the west inside the circumpolar tundra belt of the Northern Hemisphere.
It extends from a latitude of 58°N to more than 71°N, which is north of the Arctic Circle, and there are some 50,000 smaller islands off the extremely indented coastline. The Scandinavian Mountains extend along the length of the country; the average elevation is 460 m (1,510 ft) and 32% of the mainland is located above the tree line .
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Mammals of the Arctic" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Cetaceans of the Arctic Ocean (12 P) Crustaceans of the Arctic Ocean (7 P)