Midlatitude Grassland!
by Paul Wittle

Contents!

1. Location
2. Climate
3. Plants
4. Animals

Location

• Found on both the north and south side of the equator, uasually bordering the desert biome.
• Some examples are: Just to the east of the Rocky Mountains around the great plains in North America. Argentina, from Iran eastward through large parts of china and in a ring around the Australian desert.

As always try to remember some examples to use when answering exam questions!

ALWAYS READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY!

Climate

• This biome occurs in dry contintental areas. Although it recieves more rainfall than the Chaparral biome, it still only recieves 25 - 75cm a year.

• This leads to its characteristic summer droughts.

Plants

• The vegetation is as you would expect mostly grasses. They can survive the summer droughts because they have roots which reach deep into the subsoil. This means they can take water from the water table in the dry periods.

Animals

• This area is native to smaller hardy animals, But humans have introduced things such as Cattle, Sheep and Goats. This has led to severe soil erosion in some parts. There are still animals such as hares and foxes.

That is the Temperature Grassland Biome, although please note that it's very linked to the Savana and experiences human induced desertification processes.