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Environmental Design - Biome Types

According to dictionary.com, a biome is defined as "a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax." When we were in grade school, biomes were generally presented to us under the less complex term "habitat zones." This is a list of all of Earth's major biome types:

Terrestrial Biomes (Biomes on Land)	Aquatic Biomes (Biomes in Water)	Other Biomes
Tundra	Pond	Endolithic zone
Taiga, boreal forests	Littoral, intertidal zones
Montane grasslands & shrublands	Mangrove forests
Temperate coniferous forests	Kelp forests
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub	Coral reef
Tropical & subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Neritic zone
Tropical & subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Continental shelf
Temperate grasslands, savannas, & shrublands	Pelagic zone
Tropical & subtropical grasslands, savannas, & shrublands	Benthic zone
Deserts & xeric shrublands	Hydrothermal vents
Riparian	Cold seeps
Wetland	Pack ice

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