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32 pages
colour illustrations, maps.
Contents include: World biomes -- Coral reef -- Mangroves -- Tropical rainforest -- Tropical grassland -- Wetland -- Desert -- Freshwater -- Arid scrub -- Mountain -- Temperate grassland -- Deciduous forest -- Boreal forest -- Tundra -- Polar sea -- Predators and prey.
Summary: Explores Earth's major ecosystems and the different communities of animals and plants that live in each one. From a teeming tropical rainforest to the hostile conditions of a high mountain peak or the icy Poles, find out how animals and plants are adapted to their environment and how they interact with their surroundings and each other.