Tundra

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by Julia C Adam H and Jacqui P

The tundra is a very dry and barren land where it is hard for animals and plants to live. There are some trees, but they are small, close to the ground, and scattered around the tundra, several miles apart. Some of the most common animals in the Tundra are the caribou and musk ox. Some smaller animals are hares and lemmings. There are actually many plants in the tundra but they are small and close to the ground. Some examples are liverworts, lichen, moss, and small bushes.

The climate in the tundra is very cold and harsh in the winter but actually very mild in the summer. There is very little precipitation, meaning little snow in the winter and almost no rain in the other seasons. Some tundras are located in places such as high mountains like Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. This type of tundra would have four seasons, winter, spring, fall, and summer, but in other tundras like Alaska, there might only be two, summer and winter.

The community of the tundra is a very big thing. We have arctic fox,caribou, wolf and bear they are the predators in our biome. Some prey animals are lemmings, arctic hare, and mice and small rodents.





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