Geography Ch. 3 Section Soils and Vegetation
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7 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ecosystem | the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings |
| biome | the ecosystem of a region that is further divided into forest, grassland, desert, and tundra |
| deciduous | trees, usually broad leaved such as oak and maple, that lose their leaves in autumn |
| rain forest | a forest region located in the Tropical Zone with a heavy concentration of different species of broadleaf trees. |
| coniferous | another word for needleleaf trees |
| savanna | a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions |
| steppe | the term used for the temperate grassland region in the Northern Hemisphere |
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