Alpine biome
by Sama and Cindy
Alpine's location
Alpine biomes are found 10 000 meters high in the mountains. Alpine biomes are found all over the world mostly in cold places. For example the Himalayas mountains is in the south West of China in Yannan
Alpine climate
The weather in winter is bellow freezing cold and in summer it is 15 Degree Celsius. As you can see it rains in March all the way to December and from January to April it is mostly dry
Plants
The plants are very important and unique because they can live on rocky sandy soil. They are important so there is oxygen so animals and humans can breath. They are also very majestic.
Genepi
A Genepi it a green herb with red tips. It can be used as A drink. They get a drink and put the herb inside to make it have more flavour we think
Evergreen fir tree
As you can see it look like a Christmas tree but with no decorations on it. It is fat at the bottom and grows thinner to the top.
bearded bell fower
as you can see the bearded bell flower is the most beautiful flower we have shown you. this flower comes in orange,purple,lite blue and white. It looks like a bell hanging form someones door obviously that's where it got its name.
Animals
These animals have the ability to adapt in the cold. They either grow lots of fur or they have a lot of fat in their body
snow leopards
As you can see they look like a leopard but white like snow. Unfortunately they are endangered only 4500 -7500 are left in the whole world. They live in 12 different country's which are China, India, Nepal, Mongolia, Russia, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and possibly Burma.
chinchilla
A Chinchilla has the word chin in it because it is the size of your chin when it is a baby but when its a adult it is the size of your two hands stuck together. it looks like a mouse but a mouse has a longer face and no fur on its tail
Mountain goats
The mountain goat is part of the antelope family they have white fur ears and horns. Only the adult males have horns. They have fur on their tails and ears. They have a population of 100 000 in North America. They like to be on steep rocks in the mountains.
Longitude and latitude
The latitude of Yannan in China is24.109211 and the longitude is 106.665800