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Characterized by permanently frozen soil, freezing temperatures, and animals adapted to extreme cold.
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Forest The largest land biome, featuring cold winters and trees that stay green all year.
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Deciduous Forest: A moderate-climate biome with distinct seasons and trees that shed their leaves in the winter.
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Rainforest Known for year-round heat, high humidity, and tremendous biodiversity.
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A transitional grassland and woodland area known for its warm temperatures and distinctive wet and dry seasons.
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Grassland Vast, open areas dominated by grass and highly fertile soil, completely lacking large forested areas.
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A shrubland plant community that experiences hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters.
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Defined by very low precipitation and extreme daily temperature shifts.
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Aquatic ecosystems including lakes, ponds, and rivers that support diverse aquatic and semiaquatic life.
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The largest aquatic biome, covering the vast majority of the Earth's surface and encompassing all oceans and seas.
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Similar to the tundra biome but distinct in that it is found at high altitudes on mountain tops