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Sigma KEE - Biome
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biome
Biome is the class of GeographicAreas representing major kinds of ecological communities, that is, areas in which certain kinds of plants, animals, weather, and terrain interact to produce and support a distinctive ecosystem.
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Parents ecosystem Ecosystem is a subclass of GeographicAreas considered together with their organisms and environment as a functioning whole.
Children boreal forest
 grasslandGrassland is the class of LandAreas where the predominant vegetation is some kind of grass.
 jungleJungle is a subclass of fertile LandAreas that are overgrown with tropical vegetation.
 oasisOasis is a subclass of LandAreas that are fertile places within a desert, which have water and some vegetation.
 rain forestRainForest is the subclass of LandAreas that are densely planted with trees.
 swampSwamp is a subclass of Biome that is Damp and overgrown with vegetation.
 temperate hardwood forest
 tundraTundra is a subclass of flat, treeless Plains areas lying within the ArcticRegion. Subsoil in Tundra is permanently frozen.


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