Land Biomes
Temperate Deciduous
Forests
Rainfall: 3050 inches
Temperature:
82-43°F
Location:
Eastern United States
Canada
Eastern Asia
Europe
Temperate Deciduous
Forests
 Deciduous trees shed their leaves to save water during the
winter.
 Temperate means moderate or in the middle
 Their rain fall and temperatures are “average”
 In forests, growth happens in layers. The leafy tops of the
trees reach high above the forest floor, where the leaves can
get sunlight. Woody shrubs catch the light that filters through
the trees.
Animals: bears, birds, snakes, raccoons, small deer, etc.
Coniferous Forests
Location:
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Alaska
Just south of the
Polar regions
Coniferous Forests
 These trees are mostly evergreens and conifers, with cones
and needle like leaves.
 Just because they don’t loose their leaves in winter doesn’t
mean they don’t loose them at all. The ground under conifers
are often covered by a thick layer of needles.
Conifer’s leaves are adapted
to survive through the
winter with a waxy coating
to keep them from drying
out and protect them from
harsh winds.
Coniferous Forests
 Their yearly rainfall is at 14-30 in and they have lower
temperatures than we do. (14-57°F)
 Animals: birds, deer, elk, beavers, and moose.
Tropical Rain Forests
Found in the TROPICS
around the equator-that’s why
its so warm!
Rain Fall averages 158 inches!!!
Temperatures: 93-68°F
Tropical Rain Forests
 The most biologically diverse and animals live at all different
layers of the forest.
 Some animals live on the forest floor but most live in the
canopy
Little light reaches
the ground so lowgrowing plants in
the rain forests
don’t need a lot of
light.
Woody vine
climb tree
trunks to reach
sunlight
Temperate Grasslands
Includes grasses and other flowering plants with very few trees.
Location:
Africa
Asia
Midwest USA
Rainfall: 10-30 inches
Temperature: 86-32°F
Grasslands support small
herbivores and a few larger
grass eaters.
Animals such as: prairie dogs, bison,
hamster, emu and gophers
Grassland are also know as
prairies, plains, steppes, and
pampas.
Savannas
Rainfall: 59 inches
Temperature: 93-61°F
Location:
Africa
Parts of India
and
South America
Animals like
giraffes, elephants,
zebras, lions and
water buffalo.
A savanna is a
grassland with
scattered
clumps of
trees and
seasonal rains
Savannas
Savannas are
home to large
herbivores
and some
carnivores.
Deserts
Rainfall: Less than 10 inches
Temperature: 100-45°F
 A region that has little or no plant life, long periods without
rain, or extreme temperatures, usually found in hot climates.
 Plants have adaptations to help them hold water- fleshy stems,
thorns for protection, roots grow out instead of down and
growing far apart from one another.
 Animals adaptations :active mostly at night.
Location:
Western USA
North Africa
Asisa
Australia
Rainfall: 12-20 inches
Temperatures: 54- 15°F
Tundra
 Found near the North and
South Poles and high
altitudes.
 The layer of soil beneath
the surface stays frozen
ALL the time, called
permafrost.
 Because of this only
shallow rooted plants can
live here.
 Animals like small rodents,
caribou, birds, wolves,
musk ox and insects live
here.