What is biomes

A biome can be defined as a large biological community or an ecosystem where different types of living organisms including plants, animals, birds, insects, and humans are used to living in a certain type of climate.

Ecosystems are of two major types:
Terrestrial and aquatic. Terrestrial ecosystem can be further be classified into ‘biomes’.
A biome is a plant and animal community that covers a large geographical area.
The boundaries of different biomes on land are determined mainly by climate.
A biome can be defined as the total assemblage of plant and animal species interacting within specific conditions.
These include rainfall, temperature, humidity and soil conditions.
Some of the major biomes of the world are: forest, grassland, desert and tundra biomes.
Aquatic ecosystems can be classed as marine and freshwater ecosystems. Marine ecosystem includes the oceans, estuaries and coral reefs. Freshwater ecosystem includes lakes, ponds, streams, marshes and bogs.