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Location Map. Description. The tundra is the coldest of the biomes. It also receives low amounts of precipitation, making the tundra similar to a desert. Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia.
In physical geography, tundra (/ ˈ t ʌ n d r ə, ˈ t ʊ n-/) is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three regions and associated types of tundra: Arctic tundra, [ 2 ] alpine tundra , [ 2 ] and Antarctic tundra.
Tundra Map. This map shows the major regions where tundras are most common; tundras are in yellow. Tundras are often located near permanent ice sheets where during summer the ice and snow...
Tundra, a cold region of treeless level or rolling ground found mostly north of the Arctic Circle or above the timberline on mountains. Tundra is known for large stretches of bare ground and rock and for patchy mantles of low vegetation such as mosses, lichens, herbs, and small shrubs.
The tundra biome is a region in which freezing temperatures and scarce rainfall make the growth of vegetation almost impossible. The tundra is characterised by a total lack of trees and has, instead, stubby vegetation that grows very slowly.
Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy, and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are covered with snow for much of the year, but summer brings bursts of wildflowers.
When ice sheets and glaciers melted as climate warmed at the end of the last ice age, conditions for tundras arose in areas we find Arctic tundras today; however, the tundra biome is threatened by human-caused, or anthropogenic, global climate change.
For most of the year, the tundra biome is a cold, frozen landscape. This biome has a short growing season, followed by harsh conditions that the plants and animals in the region need special adaptations to survive. Tundra form in two distinct cold and dry regions.
The tundra biome consists of both Arctic tundra in the Northern hemisphere and Antarctic tundra in the Southern hemisphere. Because the tundra lies near the North and South poles it recieves lower amounts of sunlight compared to biomes closer to the equator.