What is a Biome?

A biome are all of the worlds major habitats. Each habitat is identified by the vegetation (like plant structures, leaf types, plant spacing) and the animals that live in them and climate; and each of the habitats are located acording to the regional climate. A biome is a climatically and geographically defined area withe similar climatic conditons such as communities of plants, animals and soil organisms, and are often known as ecosystems.

The climate is a major factor to determine the distribution of terrestrial biomes, this are the importan climate factors:

• Latitude: artic, boreal , temperate, subtropical and tropical.
• Humidity: humid, semi-humid, semi-arid and arid.
• Seasonal variation: rainfall may be distributed evenly througout the year or marked by seasonal variations.
• Dry summer, wet witner: Most regions receive most of their rainfall during the summer, but in the Mediterranean regions the rainfull is received in winter.
• Elevation: The increase of elevation causes a distribution of habitat types similar to the increasing of the latitud.

They often name a biome with local names like in Asia a temperate grassland is knownb as steppe, or in North America is known as a priarie.

This is a map of all the biomes around the Earth