Meaning of TUNDRA
| Pronunciation: | | 'tundru
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| | Definition: | | [n] a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line |
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| | See Also: | | champaign, field, plain | |
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| | Definition: | | Tundra
Briefly describes the climate, land formations, plant life, and animals of the frozen arctic land called tundra. more details ... |
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\Tun"dra\, n. [Russ.]
One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic
of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras
mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of
black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but
support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs
and shrubs, often showy-flowered.
\Tun"dra\, n. [Russ., from a native name.]
A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.
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| | Definition: | | a type of landscape where the ground is frozen solid throughout most of the year but thaws slightly during the summer. |
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