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Desert    
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  A large, dry, barren region, usually having sandy or rocky soil and little or no vegetation.  
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Chaparral   Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the US state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula  
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Grasslands   Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses, however sedge and rush families can also be found.  
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Prairies   Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses  
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Savannas   A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close  
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Tundra   In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing season  
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Forests   A forest is a large area dominated by trees. Hundreds of more precise definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function.  
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Coniferous Forests   Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a forest  
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Temperate Deciduous Forests   Temperate deciduous forests or temperate broad-leaf forests are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm moist summers and cool winters  
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Tropical Rain Forests   Tropical rainforests occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest  
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