Antarctic realm interior yukon alaska alpine tundra. The antarctic hosts the worlds largest protected area comprising 107 million km 2 the south georgia and the south sandwich islands marine protection area created in 2012. The latter exceeds the surface area of another vast protected territory the greenland national parks 972000 km 2. With that said there is no month that has an average excess of 100c or 500f.
Interior yukon alaska alpine tundra. Some animals found on the alaskan tundra include caribou arctic fox arctic hare arctic ground squirrel and arctic grizzly bear. Antarctic ecozone marielandia antarctic tundra antarctic peninsula maudlandia antarctic desert east antarctica scotia sea islands tundra south georgia and the south sandwich islands south orkney islands south shetland islands bouvet island southern indian ocean islands tundra crozet islands prince edward and marion islands heard island.
The climate of the alpine tundra is fairly arctic with a minimum of one month averaging high enough to defrost. Alaskan tundra does not have any trees. Central south antarctic peninsula tundra.
Latitude and longitude of the interior yukon alaska alpine biome is 6428230 n 13500000 w the interior yukon alaska alpine tundra is located in both canada and the usa which are both in north america. Kalaallit nunaat high arctic tundra. There are a number of disjunct outliers of this ecoregion in central alaska.
The nearctic realm covers most of north america including greenland central florida and the highlands of mexico. The ecoclimate of this ecoregion can be described as a combination of alpine subalpine and boreal northern cordilleran. Canada united states kalaallit nunaat high arctic tundra.
A tundra landscape probably persisted until about 128 ma when the transition from a temperate alpine glaciation to a dynamic ice sheet occurred. This temperature would be about 00c or 320f. A list of tundra ecoregions from the wwf includes.
Tundra exists in alaskas northern and western coasts. Kalaallit nunaat low arctic tundra. Kalaallit nunaat low arctic tundra.
Animals have adapted to the alaskan tundra by developing warm winter coats compact bodies to preserve heat and camouflage for different seasons. Eventually the antarctic peninsula was overridden by an ice sheet which has persisted without any interruption to this day in the early pliocene about 5336 ma. Interior yukon alaska alpine tundra.
Alaska boasts the only arctic tundra within the united states. It is also very windy and has dramatic seasonal changes including drastic changes in daylight hours throughout the year. Dronning maud land tundra.