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weather
front
warm front
cold front
thunderheads
high pressure
climate
coriolis effect
convection cells
upwelling
ENSO
La Niña
greenhouse gases
greenhouse effect
microclimates
rain shadow effect
heat island effect
sea breezes
land breezes
Biomes
Ecotones
savanna
prairies
pampas
veldt
steppes
permafrost
taiga
boreal
6 Biogeography: Climate, Biomes, and Terrestrial Biodiversity
-Wind ->
: transport nutrients
: transport harmful substances ->
- because of this, air pollution spreads
- Biomes -> terrestrial regions with characteristic types of natural, undisturbed ecological
communities adapted to the climate of a region
: no sharp boundaries ->
- ecotones -> transitional zones from one biome to another