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Lands near oceans or large bodies of water experience this type of climate.
What is maritime climate?
100
The dry region on the leeward side of mountains.
What is rain shadow?
100
This forest is dominated by broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in the autumn and grow a new set in the spring.
What is temperate deciduous forest?
100
These forests thrive in cold and wet conditions.
What is boreal forest?
100
This biome is characterized by saline waters.
What is a marine biome?
200
This terrestrial biome has an enormous diversity of plants and animals.
What is Tropical Biome?
200
These streams flow at certain times, typically after rainfall events.
What are intermittent streams?
200
Trees in this forest keep their leaves throughout the year.
What is temperate evergreen forest?
200
Treeless landscapes dominated by grasses, herbs, and low shrubs; very little evaporation leaving soils wet through the summer.
What is tundra?
200
The area along seacoasts that is submerged at high tides and exposed during low tides.
What is the intertidal zone?
300
Annual rainfall in this forest is greater than 80"; rainfall and warm climate support an enormous diversity of plants and animals.
What is tropical rain forest?
300
This area next to stream channels experiences periodic flooding.
What is a floodplain?
300
Agriculture and cattle grazing have altered over 90% of this biome.
What is temperate grasslands?
300
Permanently frozen soil.
What is permafrost?
300
The area where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with ocean water.
What is an estuary?
400
Occurs where rainfall is highly seasonal and drought conditions generally persist for more than half of the year.
What is Tropical Savanna?
400
This zone is the shallow, sloped area relatively close to shore.
What is the littoral zone?
400
Heavy winter rains, summer fogs provide year-round moisture; usually along the coastlines; Redwoods and sequoia trees are found here.
What is temperate rain forest?
400
Scientific term for cone-bearing trees.
What is conifers?
400
This aquatic and marine zone receives sufficient sunlight to support photosynthesis.
What is the photic zone?
500
The wettest regions of this biome support forests with canopy trees that are 131'; the driest regions support only scrubby woodlands.
What is tropical seasonal forest/biome?
500
This type of wetland is fed by groudwater.
What is a fen?
500
Means "stony leafed."
What is sclerophyllous?
500
This type of plant takes up large quantities of water and store it in thick, fleshy stems or leaves.
What is a succulent?
500
Plant species that have adaptions to grow in water-logged soils.
What are hydrophytes?