The Chihuahuan desert is large area of the northern Mexico and runs into the southern part of the United Stated which include west Texas. The region of the desert has a high altitude of 1000 to 1500 meters which fall to about 350 meters along the Rio Grande River. Summers are very hot and the winter are somewhat cool‚ which some night frosts. Rainfall in this area is about 20-30 cm which mostly happens during the summer time. In most of the Chihuahuan Desert most of it has calcareous soil that
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the tropical rainforest is truly the world’s most diverse biome in both structure and species diversity. The Tropical rainforest is characterized by a dense growth of trees and by the continuously canopy that is formed by the broad- leaved Evergreen trees. There is also large amounts of precipitation annually and there is no dry season‚ which is a major factor for the organisms in the biome. A Tropical rainforest is defined as a woodland. It has many kinds of trees than any other area in the
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and pine. In many areas‚ forests have been cleared to make way for cultivation. Hardwood evergreen trees which are widely spaced and are found in the Mediterranean region are olive‚ cork‚ oak and stone pine. Temperate Forests The temperate forest biome is found in regions where winters are cold and summers are warm. Regions with this climate are common in the mid-latitudes‚ far from both the equator and the poles. Tropical rainforests are in regions that are consistently warm all year long‚ close
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The organism under examination in this study is known by its common name as Townsend’s big-eared bat‚ or by its scientific name as Corynorhinus townsendii. The organism was first described by Cooper in 1837. One interesting note about the taxonomic history of the organism is that even with current studies‚ its relation to other genera within the tribe Plecotini is still indeterminate. The result of this uncertainty is myriad combinations of potential synonymization of closely related genera within
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The only feline to hold the honor of “critically endangered with extinction” is the Iberian Lynx‚ also known by its specific name‚ Lynx Pardinus. ("The Murry Foundation”) The Iberian Lynx lives in the Mediterranean woodland biome throughout Spain and Portugal. Its territories are around twenty square kilometers and they mark their boundaries with a scent. ("Lynx Pardinus") The Iberian Lynx is significantly smaller than the Eurasian Lynx with an average height of forty to fifty-one centimeters and
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ecosystems in the British Isles. With a temperate climate in the Northern Hemisphere‚ the British Isles bears a variety of trees and successions of plants‚ including deciduous trees. The main ecosystem of the country is made up from forest and lake biomes alongside heathlands and moorlands such as heather moorland. The changes to the vegetation over time can be affected by both physical and human factors which in some cases occur together or in causation of one another. Physical changes include; changes
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Forest This article is about a community of trees. For other uses‚ see Forest (disambiguation). | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2011) | A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) Mixed deciduous forest in Stara Planina‚ Serbia A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. As
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The Savanna A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. It can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are known as tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. They are located in Africa‚ South America‚ India‚ and Australia .Some animals that habitat here are wildebeest warthog elephants zebras and rhinos
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Dallas‚ Texas “Everything’s bigger in Texas‚” a widely known saying‚ may very well be true when it comes to the size of the state‚ but is everything in Texas really bigger? Researching the Lone Star state‚ the second largest state in the nation‚ Dallas seemed to be the largest city as well as the center of it all; and it also could be used as a good representation of the state’s overall average climate. The Dallas “metroplex is located in North Central Texas‚ approximately 250 miles north
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biodiversity areas in the world. The main vegetation types are: * Sub-Himalayan Light Alluvial Semi-Evergreen forests in the northern parts. * East Himalayan mixed Moist and Dry Deciduous forests (the most common type). * Low Alluvial Savanna Woodland‚ and * Assam Valley Semi-Evergreen Alluvial Grasslands which cover almost 50% of the Park. Animals in the sanctuary: * The sanctuary has recorded 55 species of mammals‚ 380 species of birds‚ 50 of reptiles‚ and 3 species of amphibians
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