Thursday, May 7, 2009

Our biome is temperate grasslands. Temperate grasslands are found in cool temperature climates, usually behind mountains in the center of continents. They differ between hemispheres and continents. In natural, unaltered temperate grasslands, grass stretches to the horizon in every direction, a sea of green that melts into the blue sky. In the shimmering heat haze it is difficult to tell where the grass ends and the sky begins.

In temperate grasslands it is a kaleidoscope of colors during the spring; carpets of flowers transform grasslands into a riot of color. As summer wears on, the landscape turns straw colored. When the rains finally dry up, the plants die back, and the land appears dull and lifeless again. Each place in the world has its own pattern of weather. The typical patter of weather that happens in one pace during a year is called a climate. The typical climate of temperate grasslands is hot and dry enough in the summer to turn the grass to straw, winters can be very severe too. Not only is the weather icy cold, but there is usually a thick blanket of snow over much of the land. But this is not the worst of it. Frequently, snow storms are whipped up into blizzards by the ferocious winds that can tear across the open grassland.

What's unique about your biome?

Resources used:
Grasslands by Greg Reid
Temperate Grasslands by Ben Hoare

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