1) About 10% of Russia 2) Alaskan plain 3) Arctic area 4) Arctic plain 5) Arctic stretch 6) Arctic terrain & Toyota truck 7) Arctic treeless plain 8) Champaign 9) Cold plain 10) Feature of northern canada 11) Field 12) Frigid environment 13) Frozen expanse 14) Frozen plain 15) Frozen wasteland 16) Home to caribou and musk oxen
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1) Barren ground
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• (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 dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered. •...
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An ecosystem (or biome) where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons.
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Flat land in the Arctic where no trees grow.
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Flat land in the Arctic where no trees grow.
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A barren, treeless area in the arctic area. Despite its character it is the favorite breeding area for many North American shorebirds.
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In North America, the area north of the tree line in Canada and Alaska vegetated with low shrubs, dwarf heath shrubs, cottongrass communities, and various wetlands.
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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.
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(Learning Modules / Geography / Weather forecasting) An area of low temperatures, typically underlain by permanently frozen ground (permafrost).
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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.
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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.
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an arctic region of treeless plains and permanently frozen soil that crosses the extreme north of Russia.
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The treeless plain within the Arctic Circle that has low- growing vegetation and permanently frozen subsoil (permafrost-- q.v.). The northernmost of the five primary natural zones of the Soviet Union.
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treeless terrain, with a continuous cover of vegetation, found at both high latitudes and high altitudes.
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biome with plains of permanently frozen subsoil and no trees
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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.)
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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.
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Pion-based trench digger [RU]
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noun a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
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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 and Eurasia. Tundra is als...
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Land areas in arctic and alpine regions devoid of large trees, varying from bare ground to various types of vegetation consisting of grasses, sedges, forbs, dwarf shrubs and trees, mosses, and lichens.
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One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of arctic regions, having a black muck soil and permanently frozen subsoil.
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one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
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The treeless plain within the Arctic Circle that has low-growing vegetation and permanently frozen subsoil (permafrost-- q.v. ). The northernmost of the five primary natural zones of the Soviet Union.
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