temperate forest zone

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• Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest — Temperate mixed forest in Yunnan, southwest China. Mixed forests are a temperate and humid biome. The typical structure of these forests includes four layers. The uppermost layer is the canopy composed of tall mature trees ranging from 33 to… …   Wikipedia

• Temperate coniferous forest — A temperate coniferous forest ecosystem in Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Ontario Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a… …   Wikipedia

• zone — 01. You must slow down to about 30 kilometers an hour when driving through a school [zone] between dawn and dusk. 02. You will not be permitted to enter the construction [zone] unless you are wearing a hardhat. 03. This area of town is [zoned]… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Temperate rainforest — Temperate rainforests are coniferous or broadleaf forests that occur in the temperate zone and receive high rainfall. Most of these occur in Oceanic Moist Climates in Western North America (Southeastern Alaska to Central California), Western… …   Wikipedia

• Forest — This article is about a community of trees. For other uses, see Forest (disambiguation). A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) …   Wikipedia

• temperate rain forest — noun Date: circa 1930 woodland of a usually rather mild climatic area within the temperate zone that receives heavy rainfall, usually includes numerous kinds of trees, and is distinguished from a tropical rain forest especially by the presence of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Pacific temperate rain forests — The Pacific temperate rain forests of North America are the largest temperate rain forest zone on the planet. The Pacific temperate rain forests lie on west facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North America the Pacific Northwest… …   Wikipedia

• boreal forest — ▪ northern forest Introduction also called  taiga        vegetation composed primarily of cone bearing, needle leaved, or scale leaved evergreen trees, found in regions that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.       The… …   Universalium

• Valdivian temperate rain forests — The Valdivian temperate rain forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion located on the west coast of southern South America, lying mostly in Chile and extending into a small part of Argentina. It part of the Neotropic ecozone.… …   Wikipedia

• Cloud forest — Tree ferns in cloud forest on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo A cloud forest, also called a fog forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical evergreen montane moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low level cloud cover,… …   Wikipedia

• Chugach National Forest — IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area) …   Wikipedia