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TUNDRA

• Area where levels of subsoil beneath the surface of the earth are
permanently frozen (known as permafrost).
• Low precipitation
• Treelessàinstead has mosses, lichen and dwarf shrubs
• Polar bears, arctic fox, wolf, musk ox, bowhead whale
• 2 typesàAlpine tundra and Arctic tundra
Location

• Arctic tundra is found near or North of the Arctic Circle
• Alpine tundra found at high altitudes across the world, often mountainous
o Focus on Arctic tundra
• Northern Alaska, Northern Canada, Eurasia and Scandinavia