Biomes - that is, in detail about the world of plants and animals
A biome is a biogeographical unit.
The biome is used to describe the very diverse plant environments and animals that inhabit them. It describes the world of living beings inhabiting a given area.
Differences between biomes are influenced by geographical location and thus climate, soils and many other factors.
The concept of a selected biome does not mean a uniform world of plants and animals, for example, a given biome occurs in the northern and southern hemispheres, but species occurring in the north or in the south may differ.
The inclusion of different areas in the same biome on earth is determined by the physiognomic similarity, not the kinship of the organisms inhabiting them.
These very different living conditions cause that the main climatic zones are covered with characteristic plant formations and animals inhabiting them.
There are many different ways of dividing our Earth into biomes, and a new way of dividing it comes up from time to time.
An example of a simple division into biomes:
Some countries have their own classifications of biomes, according to specific criteria, which very often include climate, insolation, rainfall and soil.
The European Union proposes its system of division into biomes, similarly the United States National Vegetation Classification Standard is an example of such a division that is recognized in a given country.
UNESCO proposes a chosen system of dividing the world's vegetation into biomes, but it was created relatively long ago.
WWF ( the World Wildlife Fund ) also promotes its independent system of division into biomes valid throughout the Earth, this system is very accurate and at the same time is one of the latest such divisions.
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The system proposed by WWF divides our Earth into 14 main biomes, which include 825 ecoregions.
14 biomes according to WWF :
1. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
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2. Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
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3. Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
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4. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
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5. Temperate coniferous forests
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6. Boreal forests (taiga)
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7. Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
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8. Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
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9. Flooded grasslands and savannas
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10. Montane grasslands and shrublands
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11. Tundra
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12. Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub or sclerophyll forests
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13. Deserts and xeric shrublands
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14. Mangrove
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These divisions of vegetation are more or less detailed, you can choose a system of division into biomes or learn several depending on what information you are looking for. These divisions have common features.
This information can greatly alter our idea of the natural world, its richness and diversity of different life forms.
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