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Tour Six World Biomes to Understand Nature

If you live in Fiji, you don't worry about meeting a polar bear. If you live in Iceland, you don't worry about encountering lions and tigers. Why? Because the world's creatures live in natural communities called biomes, where the conditions meet their needs. This site, part of the NASA Classrooms of the Future project, lets you see six main biomes--desert, tiaga, rain forest and more--on a map made from satellite images. Click to explore the environmental conditions of each biome, including pictures and a climograph. Part of the Earth Science Explorer Web, this is an excellent site for families to visit together.

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 06:28:15 -0800

Submitted by: Barbara Petura