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Tasmania, the Northeastern Atlantic (small,
isolated pockets in Ireland, Scotland and
Iceland), southwestern Japan and those of the
Eastern Black Sea.

MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS
The mediterranean forest is a forest and scrub
biome that develops in regions with a mediterra-
nean climate, with mild winters, dry summers
and springs and autumns with abundant rainfall,
in addition to frequent forest fires to which
Tropical Evergreen Forests
vegetation is adapted.
Temperate evergreen forests are common in the This type of vegetation is found largely in the
coastal areas of regions that have mild winters areas around the mediterranean sea like Italy,
and heavy rainfall or inland in drier climates or Spain, South France, Greece, Portugal, Syria,
mountainous areas. Many species of trees inhabit Israel, Turkey, California, Central Chile, South-
these forests including Pine, Cedar, Fir and
Western Australia and Southern Africa. The trees
Redwood.
are not thick and have broad leaves. They are of
Temperate rain forests only occur in 7 regions medium height. Important species are Olive,
around the world — the Pacific Northwest, the Oak, Figs, Pine, Fir, Cedar, Oranges, Grapes and
Validivian forests of southwestern South Lemon, etc.
America, the rain forests of New Zealand and

ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN

NORTH NORTH
PACIFIC ATLANTIC NORTH
OCEAN OCEAN PACIFIC
OCEAN
Equator
TUNDRA
CONIFEROUS FOREST
TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS
FOREST
DESERT AND SCRUBA INDIAN OCEAN
TEMPERATE GRASSLAND
TEMPERATE EVERGREEN
FOREST
TROPICAL EVERGREEN
FOREST SOUTH
ATLANTIC
MEDITERRANEAN FOREST OCEAN
TROPICAL GRASSLAND
TROPICAL MONSOON FOREST
Natural Vegetation of the World

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