Tundra And The Artic

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6 month periods of light and dark. This is also the reason why the
Tundra receives cold weather; at it's degree of latitude the suns rays end up
hitting the region obliquely, thus causing less solar heat. Here are the
temperatures of the Tundra in general:

Average January temperature: -32.1 degrees Celsius

Average July temperature: +4.1 degrees Celsius

Temperature range: 36.2 degrees Celsius

Average annual temperature: -17 degrees Celsius

Lowest temperature recorded: -52.5 degrees Celsius

Highest temperature recorded: +18.3 degrees Celsius

After seeing these temperatures you can see the reason why barely anyone lives
up there and why there is rather little natural vegetation.

Seasons And Moisture Content

The main seasons of the Tundra are summer and winter. The winter will last 8 to
10 months followed by the short and much less cold summer. During the summer
some lower areas of the Tundra will defrost at which point most of the flora and
fauna will start to creep out ...

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go the less there is anything but snow, ice, and rocks. In the more
temperate Tundra where there is plant life one could find more interesting
floors. They contain once again mainly rocky soil which is most likely
permafrost. Also there are many different kinds of mosses and lichens scattered
along the ground or on bigger rocks along with possibly some short grasses.

Diversity of Plants There are not very many species of plant life in the Arctic
Tundra, nor is their growth rate giant or are they abundant but somehow they do
survive. Most of the plant life occurs in the lower areas of the Tundra although
there are sometimes a few "pockets" of vegetation as you move further north.
There ...

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