The Arctic Tundra is located in the northern hemisphere and circles the north pole. It is very desert-like, but it's cold and windy. It's one of the driest biomes in the world. Permafrost, a layer of permanently frozen soil, is there so when water lands on the surface of the ground, it forms ponds. These ponds provide moister for the plants. The Arctic Tundra gets 15-25 centimeters of rainfall a year, and is -34 degrees Celsius in the winter. It rises to 3-12 degrees Celsius in the summer, so how do plants and animals live in these harsh conditions?
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This is the average rainfall and temperature for the Arctic Tundra.
These are some of the land forms found in the Arctic Tundra.
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This is where the Arctic Tundra is located.