Biomes and Ecoregions
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- Biome Basics - site aimed primarily at students but also with teacher links. Good basic introduction.
- Biome Summary - good table comparing key factors. Accompanying web pages give more details and ask a few questions.
- Ecoregions - a Sierra Club project covering the US and Canada. The Sierra Club is one of the most respected US environmental groups.
- Freshwater ecoregions of the world - new way of looking at water resources
- Major Biomes of the World - part of a US 'virtual classroom' project this site gives details about major biomes.
- Wildworld. National Geographic's homepage with links to ecoregions (all 867 of them).
- World's Biomes - overview of key biomes.
- Worldwide Fund for Nature - Freshwater Ecoregion Programme. One example of ecoregion classification and how it can be applied to management