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Biomes
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Sunlight strikes the Earth
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It rains in the tropics --- lots. Brazil
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Movements of Air masses falling air rising air falling air
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Great deserts at around 30 degrees North and South Egypt Arizona
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Movements of Air masses falling air rising air falling air
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1000 m up in elevation 6 degrees C drop in temperature Elevation and Temperature
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Albuquerque same elevation 725 km north Denver Elevation and Temperature
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Latitude and Temperature
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Latitude Elevation
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South Facing slope North Facing Slope
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Rain Shadow
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Rain shadow xeric face mesic face Sandia Mountains, northern New Mexico
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World Biomes
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Northern New Mexico Semiarid Grassland
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Pinon-Juniper scrub land
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World Biomes
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Tropical Rain Forest
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Forest canopy, Peru Tropical Rain Forest
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Slash and burn Tropical Rain Forest
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World Biomes
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Savanna
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Kenya Savanna
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Sonoran Desert, Arizona Desert
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World Biomes
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Temperate Grasslands
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World Biomes
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
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World Biomes
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Taiga – Coniferous Forest
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World Biomes
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San Juan Wilderness area, Colorado Alpine Tundra Mount Rainier, Washington
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR) Arctic Tundra
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John Torrington, d. 1846 Permafrost
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World Biomes
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Distribution of Chaparral Biome
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Southern California Coastal Chaparral
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Mediterranean Chaparral Spain
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Oceans
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Ocean Currents
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Upwellings
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Shallow Oceans
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Intertidal Zone
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Estuary
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Coral Reef
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Open ocean
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Deep Ocean
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Freshwaters
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Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia Kiamichi River, Oklahoma
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Oligotrophic
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Eutrophic
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