features | recent changes and human uses | plants and animals | climate |
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Tunturia
The word comes from Finnish
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Oil extraction
We use the tundra for
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Bearberry
A low growing evergreen
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20 degrees
Winter temperatures do not reach above
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Carbon dioxide sink
Tundra is thought of being a
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Edible
The plants in the tundra are
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Diamond leaf willow
Provides much needed for musk oxen and caribou
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16 degrees
Average temp of the year
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10,000
The tundra form how many years ago
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Shrubs
Over time there has been a increased amount of
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Caribou
Lives in the mountain tundra
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Winter
There are no traditional seasons only
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20
Covers what percent of the world
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Wetlands
Other regions have converted into
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Harleqin duck
Jokers mistress
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6-10 inches
Average precipitation per year
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Carbon dioxide sink
The tundra is thought of
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Twenty years
the tundra area has decreased by 18 percent in the last
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Musk oxen
It's 24 inch hairs keep it warm
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50 degrees
Average temperature of the warmest month is below
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