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Encyclopedia > Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests are a temperate and humid biome.


It is characterized by

  • water : available (rainy)
  • temperature : cool and warm season
  • soil : fertile
  • plants : deciduous trees
  • animals : many mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, arachnides…

See also forest, temperate hardwood forest, trees of the world

Contents

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregions

Australasia ecozone

Indomalaya ecozone

Nearctic ecozone

Neotropic ecozone

Palearctic ecozone

Terrestrial biomes
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests | Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests | Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests | Temperate coniferous forests | Boreal forests/taiga | Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Flooded grasslands and savannas | Montane grasslands and shrublands | Tundra | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub | Deserts and xeric shrublands | Mangrove
Ecozones
Afrotropic | Antarctic | Australasia | Indomalaya | Nearctic | Neotropic | Oceania | Palearctic

External links

  • Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests (World Wildlife Fund) (http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/global200/pages/habitat/habitat04.htm)
  • Map of the ecozones (http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/global200/pages/mainmap.htm)

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Deciduous Forest Biome (751 words)
Deciduous forests can be found in the eastern half of North America, and the middle of Europe.
The average annual temperature in a deciduous forest is 50° F. The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year.
Most deciduous forests are found in Eastern North America somewhere around 35-48° N, and Europe and Asia around 45-60° N. There are some deciduous regions in the southern hemisphere but their plants and animals are different from those of the northern deciduous forests.
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