26 résultats pour "tundra"
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Tundra - geografía.
4 VIDA ANIMAL Oso polarEl oso polar está adaptado a las duras condiciones ambientales de la tundra. Poderosamente dotado con un cuerpo pesado y enormesgarras y mandíbulas, se le considera el mayor y más peligroso de los predadores terrestres. Aunque los machos pueden pesar de 350a 650 kg, los cachorros recién nacidos son muy pequeños con pesos de 600 a 700 gramos.Johnny Johnson/Animals Animals Las especies salvajes que viven próximas al polo norte son las mismas o muy parecidas en todo el mundo...
- Tundra - geographie.
- Tundra y desiertos polares - geographia.
- Tundra, Polar Deserts, and Ice - geography.
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Northwest Territories - Geography.
million years ago by the severe bending (folding) and faulting (breaking) of sedimentary rock that was once part of the Interior Plains. During the Wisconsin Ice Age,alpine glaciers covered the Cordillera, and the movement of the glaciers created razor-sharp peaks and ridges in these mountains. The moving glaciers also createdbroad U-shaped valleys. To the east of the Interior Plains, the ancient rocks of the Canadian Shield are exposed at the Earth’s surface, resulting in a rough, rolling terra...
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Northwest Territories - Canadian History.
million years ago by the severe bending (folding) and faulting (breaking) of sedimentary rock that was once part of the Interior Plains. During the Wisconsin Ice Age,alpine glaciers covered the Cordillera, and the movement of the glaciers created razor-sharp peaks and ridges in these mountains. The moving glaciers also createdbroad U-shaped valleys. To the east of the Interior Plains, the ancient rocks of the Canadian Shield are exposed at the Earth’s surface, resulting in a rough, rolling terra...
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Nunavut - Canadian History.
The Arctic Lands is a complex geological area that is centered on the Arctic Ocean. It includes coastal plains, plateaus, and mountains. Coastal plains and plateaus arefound in the western Northwest Territories section of the Arctic Lands, such as on Victoria Island, which is mostly a large, flat plateau. In striking contrast to theserelatively gentle landscapes, the eastern Nunavut section of the Arctic Lands is dominated by a jagged chain of ice-covered mountains. The mountains on EllesmereIsl...
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Asien - geographie.
2.4 Klima Aufgrund seiner großen Ausdehnung und der starken Gliederung des Geländes hat Asien Anteil an mehreren Klimazonen. Die riesige Landmasse bedingt in weiten Teilen desKontinents ein ausgeprägtes Kontinentalklima mit starken Temperaturgegensätzen im Jahresverlauf. Die heißen Sommer und kalten Winter werden von häufig nur kurzeZeit andauernden Übergangsjahreszeiten getrennt. Extrem sind auch die räumlichen Temperaturgegensätze. Der nordöstliche Teil Sibiriens ist das kälteste Gebiet. Hier...
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Wyoming (state) - geography.
The basins, which lie in the rain shadow of mountains, are very dry, with an average annual precipitation of about 250 mm (about 10 in) or less; the Great Plains regionhas an annual average of about 380 mm (about 15 in), and the Black Hills region receives slightly more. Thunderstorms and hailstorms are relatively frequent insummer. The annual snowfall ranges from about 500 mm (about 20 in) in the Bighorn Basin to well over 5,100 mm (over 200 in) in the higher mountains, where annualprecipitatio...
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Wyoming (state) - USA History.
The basins, which lie in the rain shadow of mountains, are very dry, with an average annual precipitation of about 250 mm (about 10 in) or less; the Great Plains regionhas an annual average of about 380 mm (about 15 in), and the Black Hills region receives slightly more. Thunderstorms and hailstorms are relatively frequent insummer. The annual snowfall ranges from about 500 mm (about 20 in) in the Bighorn Basin to well over 5,100 mm (over 200 in) in the higher mountains, where annualprecipitatio...
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Manitoba - Geography.
E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...
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Manitoba - Canadian History.
E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...
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Asia - geografía.
Al norte del núcleo montañoso central existen varias depresiones estructurales importantes. Más al norte, entre el Tien Shan y los montes Altái, se halla la cuenca deDzungaria, perteneciente a China. Al sur, entre el Tien Shan y las cordilleras Karakorum y Kunlun, se extiende la vasta cuenca de Tarim, en la que se encuentra uno de losdesiertos más grandes de la latitud media, el Takla Makan. Finalmente, rodeada por el Kunlun y el Altun, está la profunda cuenca Qaidam (Tsaidam). Los tipos de suel...
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Animal - biology.
Vertebrates are customarily divided into cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals, but these labels are not very precise. Biologists normally use the terms ectoderm and endoderm to describe temperature regulation more accurately. An ectoderm is an animal whose temperature is dictated by its surroundings, while an endoderm is one that keeps its body at a constant warm temperature by generating internal heat. Reptiles, amphibians, and fish are ectoderms. Although they do not maintain a constant wa...
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Parques nacionales y reservas naturales - geografía.
vertiente meridional del parque está moteada de taiga (una formación boscosa de arbustos de hoja perenne), mientras que en el norte sólo se encuentra la rala vegetaciónde la tundra ártica. Por el parque deambulan enormes rebaños de caribúes. En África, el Parque nacional Serengeti (Tanzania), de 14.763 km 2, y la colindante Reserva nacional Masai Mara (Kenia), de 1.510 km 2, fueron creados para proteger a las manadas de elefantes, gacelas, impalas y cebras existentes en los mismos. Las praderas...
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Estados Unidos de América - geografía.
los Grandes Lagos incrementan este tipo de precipitaciones. En enero, se da un tiempo de intenso frío y escasa caída de nieve, a causa de que las masas de aire delAtlántico no pueden penetrar muy al norte en pleno invierno. Finalmente, las ocasionales tormentas en la kona (costa oeste) de Hawai durante el invierno son consecuencia de la entrada de masas de aire procedentes del norte del Pacífico que aprovechan el desplazamiento de la corriente en chorro hacia el sur. El régimen de lluvias habi...
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Rusia - geografía.
La frontera meridional de la Rusia europea comprende la joven cordillera del Cáucaso de gran actividad sísmica, que se extiende entre el mar Negro y el Caspio. Estacordillera abarca dos grandes cadenas de montañas con importantes plegamientos, divididas en toda su extensión por tierras bajas; la zona norte del Gran Cáucasoconstituye la frontera meridional de Rusia. Este sistema montañoso es bastante complejo desde el punto de vista geológico; está constituido por rocas calizas y cristalinascon a...
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Rusia - geografía.
La frontera meridional de la Rusia europea comprende la joven cordillera del Cáucaso de gran actividad sísmica, que se extiende entre el mar Negro y el Caspio. Estacordillera abarca dos grandes cadenas de montañas con importantes plegamientos, divididas en toda su extensión por tierras bajas; la zona norte del Gran Cáucasoconstituye la frontera meridional de Rusia. Este sistema montañoso es bastante complejo desde el punto de vista geológico; está constituido por rocas calizas y cristalinascon a...
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Arctic - Geography.
The Arctic is not a frozen desert devoid of life on land or sea, even during the cold, dark winter months. Spring brings a phenomenal resurgence of plant and animal life.Low temperatures are not always the critical element—moisture, the type of soil, and available solar energy are also extremely important. Some animals adapt well toArctic conditions; for instance, a number of species of mammals and birds carry additional insulation, such as fat, in cold months. Arctic summers with extended dayli...
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Québec - Geography.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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Québec - Canadian History.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
- Polos helados - geographia.
- Asia septentrional - geographia.
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Kanada - geographie.
der Gebirge gedeihen dichte Wälder mit Tannen, Fichten und Zedern, während in der intramontanen Plateauregion Kiefer die Hauptbaumgattung ist. Der Gürtel des borealenNadelwaldes erstreckt sich in einem weiten Bogen von Neufundland bis ins nördliche Alaska und hat eine Breite von nahezu 1 000 Kilometern. Diese Vegetationseinheitumfasst vorwiegend Fichten, Tannen und Kiefern. Nach Norden geht der Nadelwald in die Waldtundra über, ein Gebiet mit lichteren Baumbeständen. Auf dem nördlichenFestland u...
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Mammal - biology.
On land, mammals live in many different habitats, and at a wide range of altitudes. Many mammals dig burrows as refuges or as places to raise their young, but somehave developed a largely subterranean lifestyle, feeding on small animals or plant roots beneath the soil's surface. These animals, including moles and mole-rats, digthrough the ground either with spadelike front paws or with their teeth, and they detect danger by being highly sensitive to vibrations transmitted through the soil.Most m...
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Antarctica - Geography.
The maximum area of sea ice surrounding Antarctica each winter varies from year to year. A marked decline during the 1970s appears to have reversed in more recentdecades, except in the Antarctic Peninsula area. This area has lost almost 40 percent of its sea ice since the start of the 1980s. Sea ice is important to marine life. Krillfeed on algae that live under the sea ice and are released when the ice melts in spring and summer. In turn, many marine animals feed on krill. Emperor penguinsbreed...