: a major ecological community type (such as tropical rainforest, grassland, or desert)
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Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research (INPE) has detected 733 fires in the Pantanal biome so far this month, with the previous record for fires in Pantanal for June being 435 registered in 2005.
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Aditi Sangal, CNN, 14 June 2024
Pokémon Go uses a biome system that restricts certain Pokémon to certain types of real-world terrain, like forests, mountains, and beaches.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
But pollen samples from the interglacial period about 115,000 to 130,000 years ago have now revealed a mixture of grassland and light-woodland biomes, perhaps maintained by large herbivores such as elephants that trampled or fed on smaller trees.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
For those uninterested in getting out of the car, witness Arizona's different scenic biomes on the 460 different curves of U.S. 191, a scenic byway that snakes up to 6,000 feet elevation.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2024
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Aditi Sangal, CNN, 14 June 2024
Pokémon Go uses a biome system that restricts certain Pokémon to certain types of real-world terrain, like forests, mountains, and beaches.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
But pollen samples from the interglacial period about 115,000 to 130,000 years ago have now revealed a mixture of grassland and light-woodland biomes, perhaps maintained by large herbivores such as elephants that trampled or fed on smaller trees.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
For those uninterested in getting out of the car, witness Arizona's different scenic biomes on the 460 different curves of U.S. 191, a scenic byway that snakes up to 6,000 feet elevation.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2024
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biome
noun
bi·ome
ˈbī-ˌōm 
: a major type of ecological community
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