Across
- 2. dry areas where rainfall is less than 50 centimeters (20 inches) per year.
- 4. long-term average of weather, typically averaged over a period of 30 years
- 6. pop up in various spots around a barren desert in Arizona, United States
- 8. bodies of water surrounded by land
- 10. open regions that are dominated by grass and have a warm, dry climate
Down
- 1. found further away from the equator, in South Africa, Hungary, Argentina, Uruguay, North America, and Russia.
- 3. Animals species
- 5. extremely inhospitable conditions, with the lowest measured temperatures of any of the five major biomes with average yearly temperatures ranging from -34 to 12 degrees Celsius
- 7. large area characterized by Flora and Fauna
- 9. The type of plants in a biome
