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(f) Moist tundra, Spitsbergen, Arctic Ocean
(g) Needleleaf forest, Montana
(h) Broadleaf mixed forest, Germany
(e) Dry tundra, East Greenland
(d) Cold desert, Arizona
(c) Sonoran Desert, Southwest U.S.
(a) Temperature and precipitation gradients
(i) Tropical rain forest, El Yunque, (b) Subtropical desert, Arizona Puerto Rico
▲Figure 20.3 Vegetation patterns in relationship to temperature and precipitation. [(b, d, e, f, i) Bobbé Christopherson. (c) robert Christopherson. (g) SNEHIT/Shutterstock. (h) blickwinkel/Alamy.]
Cold
Temperate
Hot
Dry
Wet
Precipitation
