ECOLOGY
BIOMES
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Desert
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Taiga
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Savanna
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Marine
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Detailed explanation-1: -Racetrack Playa. Deserts are arid ecosystems that receive fewer than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year. Death Valley, California, above, receives fewer than 5 centimeters (2 inches) of rainfall every year. However, Death Valley’s infrequent rain and extreme temperatures can impact the landscape.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thar Desert receives very less rainfall. The climate here is very dry and arid. This region receives rainfall as low as 150 mm per year.
Detailed explanation-3: -Precipitation. Deserts get about 250 millimeters (10 inches) of rain per year-the least amount of rain of all of the biomes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arid and extremely arid lands are deserts, and semiarid grasslands generally are referred to as steppes. Deserts are found across our planet along two fringes parallel to the equator at 25–35° latitude in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Detailed explanation-5: -Introduction. Arid regions by definition receive little precipitation-less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year. Semi-arid regions receive 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters) of rain per year.