Asia’s Tundra's
By Melissa Martinez
The Biome
 The biome that I picked is mountains. In the
Himalayan mountains of Asia it tends to be below
zero degrees.(Fahrenheit) It basically only has one
habitat. It pretty much is a freezing cold tundra with
steep cliffs. There aren’t that many animals who live
here, but the ones that do include, snow leopards,
the golden eagle, and even red pandas!!! Plus a few
more.
The Ecosystem
Although the Himalayas seem to be very beautiful, it
doesn’t have as many details as people believe; but in
those few details are the habitats of a few animals that
can with stand that environment. Some miss inceptions
are that although all the snow, water is pretty scarce. It
basically it only has one habitat. Which includes steep
cliffs, high elevation, below freezing temperatures, and
in the spring some small patches of flowered meadows.
Rhododendron
 The rhododendron blossoms in the spring time in the alpine
regions of the Himalayas. This flower has many species ,but the
most commonly found is the Rhododendron campanulata. It is a
very exotic flower that usually comes in pink or a dark red. Some
of its predators include, tahr,blue sheep, and gazelles. Sadly
unlike other plants that grow in these mountains , this flower has
no way to defend itself. This flower is also well populated around
southern Asia. The rhododendron is a simple little flower and
scientist pretty much figured out.
Tahr
The tahr are odd looking animals, and are relatives to goats.
This odd ball lives in the rugged mountain slopes of the
Himalayan mountains. A special adaptation it has is its small
head and it horns that are combed back. This prevents brain
damage when bumping heads during mating season. This is a
herbivore and eats things like shrubs and rhododendrons.
There are so many of these that they are considered pest in
most places.as young they kind of look like a goat deer
hybrid. They also communicate by clicking their hooves on
the dirt. predators includes snow leopards and large tigers.
Snow Leopards
A snow leopard has the longest tail on a feline in the
world!!!!it is a very large animal that has big eyes that are like
a blue gray, a white coat with various black spots, and short
pointed ears. Snow leopards are carnivores and eat mountain
goats , blue sheep, and tahr. The large tail helps it keep
balance when dashing for prey. They like living in those small
patches of flowers that grow in the himalayas.it has four
large fangs it uses to tear prey apart. They are endangered
but people have made a great contribution to save these
animals. Unlike other large cats this animal doesn’t roar it
makes a loud yipping sort of noise.
The diagram
As you can see above the arrows represent the energy as it is passed
on through each organism and is recycled by decomposers.
The food web
Quiz time!!!!
*In what region of the Himalayas do Rhododendrons
grow?
*What do the curved backed horns on the tahr help
prevent?
*The large tail on the snow leopard helps it keep its
________.
*true or false, no flowers grow in the Himalayas.
*true or false, snow leopards yip.