● Very li le precipita on
● Hot in the day me and cold at night
● Low humidity
Desert
● Year round heat and humidity; wet all the time
Swamp
• Coldest and driest of all areas
● Long winters and short summers
● Stays cold all year
Tundra
● Have a rainy season
● Generally have warm summers and cold winters
● Found between forests and deserts (not enough rainfall to support growth of
a forest but not as dry as a desert)
Grassland
● Warm all year
● Very high humidity
● Very high amounts of rainfall each year
Tropical rainforest