Snowy tundra

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Winter arctic landscape. Sunset in the tundra. Early winter twilight. Cold frosty winter weather. Electric poles and satellite dishes in the snowy tundra. Chukotka, Siberia, Far East of Russia, Arctic

And now for our last biome: It's... the tundra! Told you you'd need snow shoes. There are actually two kinds of tundra: artic and alpine. Both are really cold. Average winter temperature: -30 degrees F Average summer temperature 3-12 degrees F Average precipitation (almost all snow melt): 15 to 25 cm See I told you it was cold. Surprisingly, there are actually some flora adapated to this frigid weather. These include artic moss and bearberry. Several animals have adapted to the tundra. These…

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Snowy sunrise. by Tanner Wendell Stewart

Sunset over forest-tundra on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia

The tundra vegetation mainly comprises grasses, lichens, mosses, sedges, etc. Tundras are usually found in particularly cold and windy areas.

baby fox

“Scouting the snowy tundra”