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(Original post by Ellie4)
They use temperate because deciduous woodland is found at temperate latitides.

Anyway, yes, those three names are fine.

cheers!

[Ellie4]

(Original post by love2learn)
so...
rainforests = tropical
deciduous = temperate
coniferous = cold to tundra

'Cold to tundra' isn't exactly precise. Latitudes above 60 degrees and further north until growing seasons drop below 4 and a half months and thus inhibit the growth of trees, meaning tundra dominates

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(Original post by Ellie4)
'Cold to tundra' isn't exactly precise. Latitudes above 60 degrees and further north until growing seasons drop below 4 and a half months and thus inhibit the growth of trees, meaning tundra dominates

thats why soils in siberia etc are so grubs-free, lol; apparently they have no worms, or other living things in the soil cos the soil is too acidic, and has little nutrients/food for any soil dwellers

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(Original post by love2learn)
so...
rainforests = tropical
deciduous = temperate
coniferous = cold to tundra

not 100% true...you get coniferous forests in america (i think) and here (but they were intrduced here)...but i think that you can't really distinguish between the layers...its a continuum between coniiferous and temoperate forests i believe, like the rural - urban continuum

pk

[Ellie4]

(Original post by Phil23)
thats why soils in siberia etc are so grubs-free, lol; apparently they have no worms, or other living things in the soil cos the soil is too acidic, and has little nutrients/food for any soil dwellers

Yeah, podsols are too acidic because of the intense leaching/mor humus/chelating agents, making the horizons pronounced because of a lack of biological agents like earth worms.

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did anyone see that documentary about teh "coldest inhabited place on earth" by that oxford uni tutor? nick or whatevver his name is...

...went to some place in siberia where the coldest temt was -70 something! Its a special microclimate tehy have tehre in between teh mountains where the cold dry continental air sinks.

see geog can be interesting - just the right things still think human geog sucks though!

[love2learn]

so it would be incorrect that they are in bands above of each other then

[Ellie4]

(Original post by love2learn)
so it would be incorrect that they are in bands above of each other then

What? Temperate forests and coniferous?

[love2learn]

thanks you two!
Phil - you really deserve to be exalted and worshipped!

[love2learn]

(Original post by Ellie4)
What? Temperate forests and coniferous?

well tropical then termperate above that and then finally coniferous

[Ellie4]

(Original post by love2learn)
well tropical then termperate above that and then finally coniferous

It's not as simple as that unfortunately! I suppose in VERY general terms, that's true, but don't forget climate is different within continental interiors than it is nearer the coasts for example, so there aren't defined bands of forests.

[love2learn]

so they follow that basic pattern but there are likely to be variations within a country or continent

[Ellie4]

(Original post by love2learn)
so they follow that basic pattern but there are likely to be variations within a country or continent

Have you not got a map you can look at, of the distrubution of all of the world's biomes? It'd make it much clearer for you.

[love2learn]

I had a really bad teacher who kind of taught them sperately but in no detail,, so I haven't seen a map of the 3 forests together

[Ellie4]

(Original post by love2learn)
I had a really bad teacher who kind of taught them sperately but in no detail,, so I haven't seen a map of the 3 forests together

Hmm... I'll have a look for one for you.

[mobb_theprequel]

Can anybody (nudge nudge wink wink, Ellie, sweetie ) tell me what the soil moisture budget looks like for an African tropical rainforest i.e. how long is soil moisture recharge/surplus/utilisation/deficit?

[Ellie4]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit...ibiomesmap.gif

That's pretty good.

[love2learn]

(Original post by Ellie4)
Hmm... I'll have a look for one for you.

It's Ok, thanks, I've found one

[love2learn]

that one's much better than mine - thank you!