Describing Terrestrial Biomes
 Charaterized  Biomes
 Temperate  Regions
 Tropical  Regions
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Temperate shrubland: chaparral

  

Temperate Shrubland

Chaparral, orMediterranean scrub, occurs in areas with mild wet winters and pronounced summer droughts.

  • What characterises the vegetation of this biome type?
 


Temperate shrubland: maquis

   The best known of the temperate shrublands is the "maquis" and "garigue" of the Mediterranean.
  • Where else is the biome type found?