question_answer 85)

  Do you agree that regional and local variations exist within each biome? Substantiate your answer with suitable example.

Answer:

                  A biome can be define as the large communities of the world and shows that are with similar climate have communities of same type. Climate is the main factor that determine the type of soil which in turn determines the type of vegetation. The type of vegetation and climate together determine the kind of microorganisms and animals. The other determining factors are latitude and altitude, intensity and duration of winter and summer days, water mass and topography. The main biome of the world does not show boundary of any country and regional and local variations exist in each biome .e.g., temperate deciduous forest receive an annual precipitation between 75-150 cm and tropical rain forest show a rainfall above 140 cm/yr which may reach upto 400 cm/yr.