BIOMES
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Biomes
are climatically delineated assemblages of organisms that have a
characteristic appearance, and that are distributed over a wide land
area. (Raven and Johnson,
1992)
Biomes can be classified in numerous ways. With reference to
vegetation, the main biomes can be put into 7 categories:
Tropical Rain
Forests
Savannas
Deserts
Temperate
Grasslands