What types of biomes are there?

Question

Benjamin Alvin · Accepted Answer

Biomes are major communities of the world distinguished on the basis of predominant type of vegetation. There are many: but generally five of them would include all ecosystems.

Five types of biomes are: Desert, Forest, Grassland, Tundra and Aquatic. This is not all: today ecologists identify several forest biomes, e.g. Tropical rainforest, Tropical desiduous forest, Montane forest, Temperate evergreen forest, Temperate deciduous forest, Boreal forest, etc.

It could then be safely said that biomes are also distinguished on the basis of climate as precipitation and temperature affect plant types. So ecologists often list terrestrial biomes under three headings: Tropical biomes, Temperate biomes and Polar biomes.

I have selected the following illustration, first ideated by Whittaker.

Piper Anderson · Answer

undefined There are several types of biomes, including:

1. Desert
2. Grassland
3. Tropical rainforest
4. Temperate rainforest
5. Taiga (boreal forest)
6. Tundra
7. Savanna
8. Chaparral
9. Deciduous forest
10. Coniferous forest (also known as boreal forest or taiga)
11. Alpine
12. Freshwater biome
13. Marine biome