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Tundra
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tundra
n. A vast, mostly flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen. The dominant vegetation is low-growing lichens, mosses, and stunted shrubs. Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5ecol.html
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Tundra
Flat land in the Arctic where no trees grow. Found op http://www.wolfsource.org/?page_id=63
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Tundra
A type of treeless ecosystem dominated by lichens, mosses, grasses, and woody plants. Tundra is found at high latitudes (arctic tundra) and high altitudes (alpine tundra). Arctic tundra is underlain by permafrost and is usually water saturated. (See wetlands.) Found op http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
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tundra
A type of ecosystem dominated by lichens, mosses, grasses, and woody plants. It is found at high latitudes (arctic tundra) and high altitudes (alpine tundra). Arctic tundra is underlain by permafrost and usually very wet. Found op http://cdiac.ornl.gov/glossary.html
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Tundra
Treeless area in arctic and alpine regions, varying from bare area to various types of vegetation consisting or grasses, sedges, forbs, dwarf shrubs, lichens and mosses. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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tundra
[n] - a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=tundra
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tundra
(Learning Modules / Geography / Weather forecasting) An area of low temperatures, typically underlain by permanently frozen ground (permafrost). Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Tundra
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Tundra
The biome that occurs around the Arctic circle, characterized by lichens, mosses, sedges and dwarf trees. Found op http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Townsend/Glossary/GlossaryT.html
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tundra
noun a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tundra
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Tundra
• (n.) One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dw... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tundra/
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tundra
treeless, level or rolling ground in polar regions (Arctic tundra) or on high mountains (alpine tundra), characterized by bare ground and rock or by ... [16 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/91
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Tundra
[comic strip] Tundra is a comic strip written and drawn by Wasilla, Alaska, cartoonist Chad Carpenter. The comic usually deals with wildlife, nature and outdoor life. Tundra began in December 1991 in the Anchorage Daily News and is currently self-syndicated to over 500 newspapers. The strip ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_(comic_strip)
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Tundra
In physical geography, tundra is a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes through Russian тундра from the Kildin Sami word tūndâr "uplands," "treeless mountain tract." There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, alpin... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra
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Tundra
High latitude biome dominated by a few species of dwarf shrubs, a few grasses, sedges, lichens, and mosses. Productivity is low in this biome because of the extremes of climate. Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/t.html
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tundra
tundra (tŭn'dru) , treeless plains of N North America and N Eurasia, lying principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north of the coniferous forest belt. The tundra area is widest in N Siberia on the Kara Sea and reaches as far south as ... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0849676.html
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tundra
Click images to enlargeRegion in high latitudes with almost no trees – they cannot grow because the ground is permanently frozen (permafrost). The vegetation consists mostly of grasses, sedges, heather, mosses, and lichens. Tundra stretches in a continuous belt across northern North America... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0013401.html
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Tundra
Flat land in the Arctic where no trees grow. Found op http://www.wolfsource.org/?page_id=63
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tundra
treeless, level or rolling ground above the taiga in polar regions (Arctic tundra) or on high mountains (alpine tundra). Tundra usually are bare ground and rock or they might have mosses, lichens, small herbs, and low shrubs. Found op http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season8/wolves/glossary.cfm
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Tundra
[Marvel Comics] Tundra is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Tundra is a mystical spirit which inhabits an ever-growing mass of Canadian land in gargantuan semi-humanoid form, and is the enemy of the Inuit gods whom he trapped in another dimension. ==Publication history== Tundra f... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_(Marvel_Comics)
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Tundra
a vast , nearly level, barren, treeless region located in the Arctic; characterized by very low winter temperatures, short, cool summers, and vegetation consisting of various grasses, rushes, perennial herbs, lichens, and dwarf woody plants (Morris 1992). Found op http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/glsry.htm
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tundra
1) Arctic plain 2) Arctic treeless plain 3) Champaign 4) Feature of northern canada 5) Field 6) Frozen expanse 7) Frozen plain 8) Much of siberia 9) Permafrost area 10) Plain 11) The cold sod? 12) Treeless plain Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tundra/1
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