Tundra
Lynnsey Labelle
Tundra
The Tundra is located near the North Pole and covers a fifth of Earths surface. Its permafrost is its most distinctive characteristic.
Abiotic Factors
Weather & Climate
The cimate is mostly around 10* to 20* F. The warmest the weather could be is between 50* and 32* F!
Temperature
The temperature in the winter can dip very low sometimes even to -60* F!
Precipitation
The annual precipitation is usually very low, most likely less than 10 inches.
Landforms
Mountains
Mountains are in the Tundra but the tops of the mountains are in the Alpine Tundra region.
Canyons
There are a couple of canyons in the tundra biome but one of them is Forest Canyon.
Islands
The tundra is up by the North Pole but some islands are too, one of them is New Zealand.
Biotic Factors
Plants
For most of the year plants are not able to grow, but one month in the year the permafrost thaws just enough for plant life to grow when the month is over the growing stops. The plants that are small grow to the ground.
Ecological concerns or issues
Catastrophic events
Wildfires are one of these events. The more wild fires the less food for the animals.
Human impact
Our impact on the tundra biome is our oil spills. We need to stop by mining for oil we are melting the tundras permafrost. We are disrupting the tundras natural cycle. We keep it up it won't be the tundra anymore.