Arctic Tundra
Silvia M
Description
- Coldest Out of all the Biomes
- Low amount of precipitation ( Similar to Desert)
- Found in Regions Below ice Caps (North America-Europe and Siberia)
- Tundra winters long, Dark, Cold ( Temperature 0 Degrees) For 6 to 10 months
- Permanently Frozen Soil
Animals
- Herbivores
- Lemming
- Volves
- Caribou
- Arctic Hares
- Squirrels
- Carnivores
- Arctic Fox
- Wolves
- Polar Bears
- Birds
- Ravens
- Snow bunting
- loors
- Falcons
- Sandpipers
- Terns
- Snowbirds
- Various Gulls
- Insects
- mosquitoes
- Flies
- Moths
- Grasshoppers
- Blackfly
- Arctic Bumblebee
- Fish
- Cod
- Flatfish
- Salmon
- Trout
Plants
- Linchens
- Mosses
- small shrubs
- Growing season is 60 Days
Rainfall Annual
- 150-250 mm ( Less than most great deserts
Average Temperature
- Average Year -40 degrees c - 18 degrees c
- Winter - (-34) Degrees C
- Summer - 3-12 degrees C
Soil
- Permafost
- tundra summers thaw out top layer of soil
Amount of Sunlight
24 Hours " The land of Midnight Summer"
Location in the World ( Lat/Long)
- Latitude- 71.2 N
- Longitude- 156 W
Amazing fact
- The word tundra Comes from finnish dictionary