Temperate Deciduous Forest: Mission: Biomes - NASA Earth ...

Temperature. Temperate Deciduous Forest Temp · Precipitation. On average, this biome receives 750 to 1,500 millimeters (30 to 59 inches) of rain per year. Atmosphere Heat HumanPresence Land Life Natural Events All Drought DustandHaze Earthquakes Fires Floods Landslides Man-made SeaandLakeIce SevereStorms TemperatureExtremes UniqueImagery Volcanoes WaterColor RemoteSensing Snow&Ice Water Collections ABCsfromSpace AmazonDeforestation AppliedSciences AstronautPhotography BlueMarble EarthatNight EarthfromAfar FallColors SeaLevelRise U.S.NationalParks WorldofChange EOExplorer Topics Search Images GlobalMaps Articles Blogs EOExplorer TemperateDeciduousForest Temperature Theaveragedailytemperaturesrangebetween-30°C(-22°F)and30°C(86°F)withayearlyaverageof10°C(50°F).Hotsummersandcoldwintersaretypicalinthisbiome. Precipitation Onaverage,thisbiomereceives750to1,500millimeters(30to59inches)ofrainperyear. Vegetation Broadleaftrees(oaks,maples,beeches),shrubs,perennialherbs,andmosses Location EasternUnitedStates,Canada,Europe,China,andJapan Other Temperatedeciduousforestsaremostnotablebecausetheygothroughfourseasons:Winter,Spring,Summer,andFall.Leaveschangecolor(orsenesce)inautumn,falloffinthewinter,andgrowbackinthespring;thisadaptationallowsplantstosurvivecoldwinters. Example:Madrid,Spain MonthlyTemperatureandPrecipitationfrom1970-2000 Month AverageMonthlyPrecipitation(mm) AverageMonthlyTemperature(°C) January 41 6 February 33 8 March 25 10 April 45 12 May 52 16 June 25 21 July 15 25 August 11 24 September 27 20 October 47 15 November 55 10 December 54 7 SumAnnualPrecip. 430 DownloadtheData(csv) Climograph LocationMap Description Temperatedeciduousforestsarelocatedinthemid-latitudeareaswhichmeansthattheyarefoundbetweenthepolarregionsandthetropics.Thedeciduousforestregionsareexposedtowarmandcoldairmasses,whichcausethisareatohavefourseasons.Thetemperaturevarieswidelyfromseasontoseasonwithcoldwintersandhot,wetsummers.Theaverageyearlytemperatureisabout10°C.Theareasinwhichdeciduousforestsarelocatedgetabout750to1,500mmofprecipitationspreadfairlyevenlythroughouttheyear. Duringthefall,treeschangecolorandthenlosetheirleaves.Thisisinpreparationforthewinterseason.Becauseitgetssocold,thetreeshaveadaptedtothewinterbygoingintoaperiodofdormancyorsleep.Theyalsohavethickbarktoprotectthemfromthecoldweather.Treesflowerandgrowduringthespringandsummergrowingseason. Manydifferentkindsoftrees,shrubs,andherbsgrowindeciduousforests.Mostofthetreesarebroadleaftreessuchasoak,maple,beech,hickoryandchestnut.Therearealsoseveraldifferentkindsofplantslikemountainlaurel,azaleasandmossesthatliveontheshadyforestfloorwhereonlysmallamountsofsunlightgetthrough. Mission:Biomes Missions TheGreatGraphMatch ToPlantorNottoPlant?   Biomes Rainforest Grassland ConiferousForest TemperateDeciduousForest Desert Tundra Shrubland   Resources MetricConverter Glossary TeacherResources AboutMission:Biomes Stories,experiments,projects,anddatainvestigations.Downloadissuesforfree. Links ASecondScorchingHeatWaveonEurope HazeoverFrance Niigata,Japan FiresinNorthKorea SoggySoilintheEasternUnitedStates WorldClim