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The word Tundra finds its origin in a Finnish word tunturia, which means treeless plain. In fact, Tundra is a plain with a permanently frozen down soil that can be 9 inches to 3 feet thick. Tundra is located in the Artic regions. Of all biomes, the tundra biome is the coldest, with extreme temperatures that can reach minus 25 degree Fahrenheit (-31°C). It is also the simplest of all biomes because only limited life forms can subsist in its environment. The dead organic matter constitutes the pool of nutrients, resulting in nitrogen and phosphorus aided by low precipitations. Because...
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