| 单词 | biome |
| 释义 | biome (once / 1181932 pages) n A biome is a specific environment that's home to living things suited for that place and climate. A desert biome is great for a lizard, but a koala needs the leafy greens of a forest biome. A plant or animal makes its home in a specific biome, which is pronounced "BI-ohm." While a biome can range from an arctic tundra to a tropical rain forest, living things need to stay in the biome that's best suited to keeping them alive and growing. Scientists in the field of ecology, the study of the environmental connections between living things, work to understand the effects of climate change and population growth on biomes. WORD FAMILYbiome: biomes USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s something about sinister mansions in dark woodland biomes that feels tailor-made. Time(Nov 14, 2016) The process could also focus on the cumulative impacts across the Amazon biome, rather than just the local effects of a particular project. Nature(Nov 07, 2016) Their closed, three-acre compound encompassed five biomes – rainforest, savanna, desert, ocean and marsh – to sustain them over two years. The Guardian(Nov 03, 2016) n a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate Exp|Hypo|Hyper Great Arabian Desert a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia Arabian Deserta desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea Atacama Deserta desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits Great Australian Desertgeneral name given to all desert areas in Australia Black Rock Deserta desert in northwestern Nevada Chihuahuan Deserta desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico Colorado Desertan arid region of southeastern California Great Salt Deserta salt desert in north central Iran Dasht-e-Luta desert in eastern Iran Death Valleya desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America Gibson Deserta desert area in western Australia Gila Deserta desert area in southern Arizona Gobi Deserta desert in central China Great Sandy Deserta desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert Great Victoria Deserta desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain Kalahari Deserta desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana Turkestan Deserta desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea Kizil Kuma desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea Libyan Desertthe northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan Mohave Deserta desert area in southern California and western Arizona Namib Deserta desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean An Nafuda desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds Negev Deserta desert in southern Israel Nubian Desertan arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea Painted Deserta desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona Patagonian Deserta semiarid region in southern South America Great Sandy Deserta desert in southern Saudi Arabia Sahara Desertthe world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa Simpson Deserta desert region of central Australia Sinai Deserta desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt Sonoran Deserta desert in southwestern Arizona Syrian Deserta desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia Taklamakan Deserta desert in western China Great Indian Deserta desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan Black Foresta hilly forest region in southwestern Germany Great Plains of North Americaa vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans Sherwood Forestan ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band Wildernessa wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War desert arid land with little or no vegetation grasslandland where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life forest, timber, timberland, woodlandland that is covered with trees and shrubs bentan area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges hayfield, meadowa field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay grazing land, lea, ley, pasture, pasturelanda field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock prairiea treeless grassy plain savanna, savannaha flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions veld, veldtelevated open grassland in southern Africa greenwoodwoodlands in full leaf riparian forestwoodlands along the banks of stream or river silva, sylvathe forest trees growing in a country or region tree farma forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use biotic community, community (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other |
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