Alpine!
by Paul Wittle

Location

• This is one of the only biomes that does not depend on longitude (it is not in a ring around the globe). Alpine ecosystems are only found on mountain ranges (high altitude).
• Some examples are: The alps, The himalayas, The zagros mountains, The rocky mountains, around Kilimanjaro and The andes.

Other information:

• This biome is at high altitudes were the air is described as thin. Very little can survive at the higher altitudes but some smaller grasses can survive were rock has eroded to produce a small amount of soil.
• Birds and animals such as mountain goats and hares may venture up a mountain but don't often live very high up a mountain.