(by-ome) One of the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment.

Largest recognizable assemblage of animals and plants on the Earth. The distribution of the biomes is controlled mainly by climate.

1908, from Greek bios (see bio-) + -ome.

the largest ecological regions distinguishable by characteristic plants and animals. There are six: tundra, conifer, deciduous forest, grassland, tropical, and desert. Biomes are subdivided into associations made up of societies.

large-scale natural community named for its dominant vegetation.

An ecological area including its fauna and flora.

noun Definition: someone's personal life story Word History: "bio" meaning life and the word "me" (life of me)Example Sentence: I read my own biome as a book report.

Plant communities such as chaparral, tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, grassland, southwestern (U.S.) pine-oak woodland, pinyon-juniper woodland, chaparral, and desert. There are many diffe [..]

A particular community characterized by the climate and vegetation on a world scale, e.g. tropical rain forests, grasslands.

a grouping of all communities or ecosystems worldwide having a similar biotic community and occurring in broadly similar environments. E.g. rain forest, tundra, coral reef. A large naturally occurring [..]

(n) - a region that contains a particular vegetation and fauna

an extensive community of plants and animals whose makeup is determined by soil and climatic conditions

a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

A large, relatively distinct terrestrial region, encompassing many interacting ecosystems, and characterized by similar climate, soil, plants, and animals, regardless of where it occurs on Earth. A bi [..]

a plant and animal community covering a large area of the Earth's surface 

A major terrestrial vegetation community, for example, a tropical forest, a temperate grassland or a desert. Similar biomes, but with different species of plants and animals, are found around the worl [..]

A broad, regional type of ecosystem characterized by distinctive climate and soil conditions

A biome is a major and distinct regional element of the biosphere, typically consisting of several ecosystems (e.g. forests, rivers, ponds, and swamps within a region). Biomes are characterized by typ [..]

an area with a similar climate, plants, and animals.

(n) a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

A major habitat category, based on distinct plant assemblages which depend on particular temperature and rainfall patterns. E.g. tundra, temperate forest and rainforest, etc. The biomes we use are des [..]

one of Earth’s large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals.

Largest recognizable subdivision of terrestrial ecosystems, including the total assemblage of plant and animal life interacting with the biosphere (life layer).

An ecossystem usually identified in terms of characteristic forms of vegetation.

A distinct ecological community of plants and animals living together in a particular climate.

The complex of living communities maintained by the climate of a region and characterized by a distinctive type of vegetation. Example of biomes in North America include the tundra, desert, prairie, a [..]

Entire community of living organisms in a single major ecological area. (See: biotic community.)

Entire community of living organisms in a single major ecological area.

Entire community of living organisms in a single major ecological area. (See: biotic community.)

A naturally occurring community of flora and fauna (or the region occupied by such a community) adapted to the particular conditions in which they occur (e.g. tundra).

Well-defined terrestrial environment (e.g., desert, tundra, or tropical forest). The complex of living organisms found in an ecological region.

A major portion of the living environment of a particular region characterized by its distinctive vegetation and maintained by local climatic conditions.

A large-scale ecosystem associated with a particular climatic region.

An ecological community of organisms and environments.

A broad, regional type of ecosystem characterized by distinctive climate and soil conditions

(From wiki) “Biomes are climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, and are often referred to as ec [..]

terrestrial regions inhabited by certain types of life, especially vegetation. Examples are various types of deserts, grasslands, and forests.

a very large area characterized by a common type of ecological community, such as a grassland or forest. biomimicry:

a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

a climatic and geographically defined area of ecologically similar communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, often referred to as ecosystems.

 A climatic zone of the Earth that is associated with a particular ecosystem.

A geographically extensive ecosystem, occurring throughout the world wherever environmental conditions are suitable.