A list of tundra ecoregions from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) includes:
| Antarctic realm[1]
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| Adelie Land tundra
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Adélie Land
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| Central South Antarctic Peninsula tundra
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Antarctic Peninsula
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| Dronning Maud Land tundra
|
Queen Maud Land
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| East Antarctic tundra
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Eastern Antarctica
|
| Ellsworth Land tundra
|
Ellsworth Land
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| Ellsworth Mountains tundra
|
Ellsworth Mountains
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| Enderby Land tundra
|
Enderby Land
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| Marie Byrd Land tundra
|
Marie Byrd Land
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| North Victoria Land tundra
|
Victoria Land
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| Northeast Antarctic Peninsula tundra
|
Antarctic Peninsula
|
| Northwest Antarctic Peninsula tundra
|
Antarctic Peninsula
|
| Prince Charles Mountains tundra
|
Prince Charles Mountains
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| Scotia Sea Islands tundra
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Shetland Islands, Bouvet Island
|
| South Antarctic Peninsula tundra
|
Antarctic Peninsula
|
| South Orkney Islands tundra
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South Orkney Islands
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| South Victoria Land tundra
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Victoria Land
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| Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra
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Crozet Islands, Prince Edward Islands, Heard Island, Kerguelen Islands, McDonald Islands
|
| Transantarctic Mountains tundra
|
Transantarctic Mountains
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| Australasian realm
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| Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra
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Australia, New Zealand
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| Nearctic realm
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| Alaska–St. Elias Range tundra
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Canada, United States
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| Aleutian Islands tundra
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United States
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| Arctic coastal tundra
|
Canada, United States
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| Arctic foothills tundra
|
Canada, United States
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| Baffin coastal tundra
|
Canada
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| Beringia lowland tundra
|
United States
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| Beringia upland tundra
|
United States
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| Brooks–British Range tundra
|
Canada, United States
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| Davis Highlands tundra
|
Canada
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| High Arctic tundra
|
Canada
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| Interior Yukon–Alaska alpine tundra
|
Canada, United States
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| Kalaallit Nunaat high arctic tundra
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Greenland
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| Kalaallit Nunaat low arctic tundra
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Greenland
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| Low Arctic tundra
|
Canada
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| Middle Arctic tundra
|
Canada
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| Ogilvie–MacKenzie alpine tundra
|
Canada, United States
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| Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra
|
Canada
United States
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| Torngat Mountain tundra
|
Canada
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| Palearctic realm
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| Arctic desert
|
Russia
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| Bering tundra
|
Russia
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| Cherskii–Kolyma mountain tundra
|
Russia
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| Chukchi Peninsula tundra
|
Russia
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| Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra
|
Russia
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| Kola Peninsula tundra
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Norway
Russia
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| Northeast Siberian coastal tundra
|
Russia
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| Northwest Russian–Novaya Zemlya tundra
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Russia
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| Novosibirsk Islands arctic desert
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Russia
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| Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands
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Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia
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| Taimyr–Central Siberian tundra
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Russia
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| Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain tundra
|
Russia
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| Wrangel Island Arctic desert
|
Russia
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| Yamalagydanskaja tundra
|
Russia
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See also
External links
- Arctic tundra biome information from the WWF
- Alpine tundra information from the WWF
- The Arctic biome at Classroom of the Future
References
- ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014