Tundra And The Artic
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Location
The Tundra is located in the northern regions of North America, Europe, Asia, as
well as a few regions of Antarctica. The Tundra is the second largest vegetation
zone in Canada. It can be divided clearly into three different sections: the
High Arctic Tundra, the Low Arctic Tundra and the A ....
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.... a few shrubs and lichens. It's winters last from 8-10
months and the summers are cool and short. Also due to the fact that much of
it's territory is located within the northern pole a lot of the Tundra receives
alternating 6 month periods of light and dark. This is also the reason why the
Tundra receives cold weather; at it's degree of latitude the suns rays end up
hitting the region obliquely, thus causing less solar heat. Here are the
temperatures of the Tundra in general:
Average January te ....
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