A biome is an animal and plant community, which is determined by climate, and covers a very large geographical area. Some different biomes on our planet include: tropical rain forest, taiga, tundra, desert, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, grassland, savanna, and chaparral.

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers

• 333
• 551.4
• 574
• 574.5
• 577's
• 591.7 & 591.9
• also look under specific countries where a biome exists

• Biome Basics
• Major Biomes of the World
• SurfnetKids - Biomes page
• Tour of the Biomes
• What's it like where you live?
• World Biomes
• The World's Biomes
• Worldbiomes.com

Keywords for searching the Catalog/OPAC

• individual names of biomes such as desert, tundra, etc.
• Biomes
• Biotic communities
• Animal communities
• Ecosystems
• Habitats
• Ecology
• country names where biomes exist

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