tundra

The tundra extends endlessly, all leached out colours, smudgy greens and browns, merging with the sky into a distant grey-blue nothingness.

Armed with an old-fashioned Soviet box camera, and a sturdy shovel, Romanenko spent several days last week prodding the tundra.

Everything, pretty much, tastes like the mosses of tundra, dug up in mid-winter.

The transition from forest to treeless tundra on a mountain slope is often a dramatic one.

As the train follows the shores of Qinghai Lake, craggy peaks surface across the vast frozen tundra.

One of the best ways to experience tundra life is to accompany Sami reindeer herders on their annual spring migration.

Otherwise the space is open plan: no cubicles, no offices, no walls, just a rolling tundra of office furniture.

"I've lived all of my life in the tundra, " he said.

The sprawling Borean Tundra lies at the far southwestern tip of Northrend, the icy continent also known as the roof of the world.

Treeless regions found in and around the Arctic, tundra s are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes.

Caribou graze on tundra, tinted orange by the sun, somewhere between Nome and Teller on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula.

This correlates well with the doubling of permafrost temperature and a decrease in the stability of the tundra surface in the region.

Reindeer have already broken legs crossing a new railway line that Gazprom is building across the tundra to its new Bovanenkovo plant.

Toyota recalled Tundra pickup trucks for a corrosion problem that could lead to the spare tire falling off the back of the truck.

In Alaska, the vast, cold region known as the "Northern Slope" is part of the tundra.

Tundra is the name given to the low, marshy plains of Europe, Siberia, and North America that border on the Arctic Ocean.

the body of this mammoth was found perfectly preserved in the siberian tundra . .

Shortened ears and thick, white fur are among the physical traits that arctic hares have adapted to survive in the harsh, frozen tundra.

Until recently, the changing seasons on the tundra were seen only by a few Eskimo hunters and explorers.

Patterns in Nature: Rainbows Rainbows brighten Alaska's tundra, parts of which are estimated to hold millions of barrels of oil.

Tundra burning may also release more organic carbon, a greenhouse gas currently stored in the soil, into the atmosphere.

One of the reasons they may be considered significant is that -- like tundra - peatlands store carbon and methane.

He thinks these views ignore the reality of his inhospitable territory of treeless tundra, rock and ice.

The most of part of his deer graze in the tundra. There are about a few thousand of heads there.

In the Arctic tundra, over-population and a scarcity of food sends lemmings on mass migrations at high speeds.

These plains are predominantly steppe to the south and heavily forested to the north, with tundra along the northern coast.

Subalpine scrub, alpine meadows, grasslands, stony tundra, rocks. Jilin, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Japan, Korea, Russia; Europe, North America].

The opposite hemisphere would sunk into permanent, icy darkness, and the land would resemble frozen tundra.

Bryoflora of the alpine tundra of Changbai Mountain and its floristic relationship to the bryofloras of arctic tundras.

the subsoil of the tundra remains permanently frozen to a great depth.

Spring in northern Canada means the migration of three million caribou across the arctic tundra.

Players will battle the Lich King's army from the shores of Howling Fjord and Borean Tundra to the seat of his power in Icecrown.

Through its own theme, tundra, it provides a design and color scheme common to all its widgets.

The first noticeable Dojo dependency in this section is the use of the tundra class inside the body.

Back on the tundra reindeer herders say that finding mammoth remains is largely a matter of luck.

Designed by concept artist Ron Cobb, the Gotal alien was described as being a creature from the high tundra in his notes.

The balance of nature is so delicate on the tundra that even minor disturbances may produce major changes in the environment.

o Transportation between Howling Fjord and Borean Tundra can be found at the Tuskarr villages in those zones.

The climate gradually takes changes from subtropics, temperate zone, cool temperature zone and arctic tundra.

Deer live mainly in forests but may be found in deserts, tundra, and swamps and on high mountainsides.

For profits, the Japanese automaker relies on conventional trucks, including its popular Tundra pickup.

Each crate held a ten-inch round gear and steel pinion that form an essential part of the Tundra rear axles.

The topography of the planet Ensolica is dominated by vast ice wastes and tundra, with equatorial coniferous forests passing for tropics.

Only small villages are thinly scattered in this remote and inhospitable region of Arctic tundra bordering the Beaufort Sea.

When Toyota officially passed GM as the world's largest carmaker in 2008, the Toyota Tundra won Motor Trend's Truck of the Year.

The journey to the treeless tundra within the Arctic Circle is one of some 200 miles (322 kilometers).

Setting the body class to tundra kicks in the use of the Dojo tundra theme.

Trucks bump along its cracked and undulating surface, which is being ravaged by the freezing and thawing of the tundra beneath.

Spectacular, wildlife-rich lowland tundra characterizes remote Aulavik National Park in the Northwest Territories.

Human beings fill every ecological niche on the planet, from the icy tundra to the tropical rain forests to the deserts.

The animal life on the tundra is unusually rich for an environment that seems so harsh.

Farthest travelled is the red knot, which breeds on the high Arctic tundra and winters as far away as South Island, New Zealand.

Much of the decline was due to a 59 per cent slide in Tundra sales.

Photograph by George F. Mobley Frost- flecked tundra pools dot the landscape of Canada's North Yukon National Park.

For nine months of the year, the tundra is a dark, seemingly lifeless wild land.

In Greenland, caribou time their births to coincide with the blooming of tundra vegetation.

Tundra occurs in the far Northern Hemisphere, north of the taiga belt, including vast areas of northern Russia and Canada [26].

For nine months of the year, the tundra is a dark, seemingly life less wild land.

Opting for easier targets, the wolves move on, leaving the tundra free for the musk oxen to roam again.

Long periods of darkness and bitter cold are the major threats to life on the tundra.

The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground.

Both the eastern zone of Howling Fjord and western entry points of Borean Tundra will be accessible to Horde and Alliance.

The Phoenix's 90-day mission is to analyze the soils and permafrost of Mars' arctic tundra for signs of past or present life.

The Phoenix's 90-day mission is to analyse the soils and permafrost of Mars' arctic tundra for signs of past or present life.

These are the signs of the coming arctic winter: The color of the tundra changes as the water grasses turn brilliant red.

As Arctic ice begins to melt, polar bears leave the tundra and venture onto the frozen ocean in search of seals to prey on.

Would life in the tundra justify infanticide?

They just chomp on tundra, nap a few hours and feast again.

A plant that grown more than three feet (about a meter) is unusual on the tundra.

A plant that grows more than three feet (about a meter) is unusual on the tundra.

On four legs, they resemble the great timber wolves that make the tundra their home.

The primary habitats of the gray wolf include the open tundra and forests.

Currently he is designing and testing warming technology for Arctic tundra and boreal forests.

The Borean Tundra is not an important part of Northrend.

Florogeography of vascular plants in alpine tundra of the Changbai Mountain.

Any increase or decrease in the population of one species may affect all other species on the tundra.

Dojo has three basic skins that can be used out of the box: soria, tundra, and nihilo.

The journey takes the mushers over mountains, through dense forests, and across frozen rivers and tundra.

Warming is also reinforced when shrubs move northward and replace lower tundra plants.

It's the border between Yakutia and Taymyr. The tundra and desolate expanses of snow.

Then as now, people-free wilderness existed mostly in deserts and tundra.

Tundra swan and Canada geese literally surrounded them.

It is situated in the center of Asia and it has some climatic zones: from forest-tundra to steppe.

Notoriously harsh because of cold temperatures, short growing season, and minimal rainfall, the tundra does sustain some wildlife.

on the planet, from the icy tundra to the tropical rain forests to the deserts.

Tundra A region or type of vegetation at high latitudes and high altitude.

Skaltje spends much of the winter on the tundra with his herd.

across the tundra, to the port.

The line between tundra and forest runs through this image.

swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds.

Forested slopes, gravel slopes, alpine tundra; 1600-2500 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin [Japan, Korea, Russia].

Mossy and lichenous luxuriant heath and tundra; 300--900 m. NE Nei Mongol [Arctic and subarctic Asia, Europe, and North America].

Photo taken on the tundra in northern Manitoba, Canada.

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How will the lifecycle of the tundra be affected?

are the major threats to life on the tundra.

There we sat at night in the tundra, in the snow, back to back.

Drakkari wander the tundra, but not in any significant numbers, most are content to roam alone or in small packs.

The forest is dark green, while the tundra is still brown.

large numbers of people were brought into contact with the tundra.

One day in 2007, on the plain in northern Alaska, a lightning strike set the tundra on fire.

lurched onto the tundra like bawling infants.

that supports all living things on the tundra.

Blue dragons from Coldarra also fly over the tundra from time to time.

runaway release of methane in the tundra.

Tundra with short thick neck which is very dark chocolate brown and "grumpy" look to all dark face.

may affect all other species on the tundra.

For the first time, large numbers of people were brought into contract with the tundra.

Toyota also recalled 110, 000 Tundra pickup trucks in November for corrosion problems that can cause the spare tire to come loose.

Tundra Stalker (Rank 1) will now work properly on Death and Decay.

Few birds actually live on the tundra.

Oil from beneath the tundra is very important to the nations' development.

the similarity coefficients between deciduous forests and alp tundra zone is the smallest, it is 0. 141.

It is found particularly in pioneer weed species and in ecosystems such as the tundra, where insect vectors are rare.

Back on the tundra Japitik was rounding up his reindeer.

adj. Wilderness forests give way to arctic tundra in the Far North.

A corroded conduit sprang a large leak in 2006, fouling the tundra.

The species of microbes were also similar to those found in other polar environments, such as Arctic peat or tundra.

Last sunset in the tundra.

The river ended and the crew went out into the tundra.

Oil, for example, even when buried under hundreds of feet of environmentally protected Arctic tundra.

Tundra sales jumped 58 percent in 2007.

If you need more power than the Tacoma can provide, the Toyota Tundra is your best bet.

Above the tree line there is a zone that is generally called alpine tundra.

For every 50 mpg 2010 Prius that Toyota sells, they can sell one fuel guzzling 16 mpg Tundra.

Vegetation biomass distribution characteristics of alpine tundra ecosystem in Changbai Mountains

Nitrogen Bio-Cycle in the Alpine Tundra Ecosystem of Changbai Mountain and Its Comparison with Arctic Tundra

Spatial variations in nutrient accumulations within the tundra zone on Changbai Mountain

Fire effects on net radiation and energy partitioning: Contrasting responses of tundra and boreal forest ecosystems

Spatial pattern of soil carbon and nutrient storage at the Alpine tundra ecosystem of Changbai Mountain, China

The Distribution of Soil Carbon and Nutrients in Alpine Tundra Ecosystem on the Northern Slope of Changbai Mountains

Alpine meadows, pastures, moist meadows of mountain slopes, damp limestone rocks, tundra;

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Alpine meadows, pastures, damp limestone rocks, tundra, grassy slopes;

Variability in an edaphic indicator in alpine tundra

Role of Vegetation and Climate in Permafrost Active Layer Depth in Arctic Tundra of Northern Alaska and Canada

Investigation of the alpine tundra seed plants in Changbai Mountain

Analysis of the uneven thaw collapse and deformation of tundra subgrade

Phosphorus and sulphur bio-cycling in alpine tundra ecosystem of Changbai Mountains

Soil respiration and affecting factors on the alpine tundra of Changbai Mountain

Amazing Polar Expedition Along The Tundra

Extraction of Remote Sensing Information of Environment in High Tundra and Arid Area

Over the northern reaches of the tundra,

Carbon storage of alpine tundra ecosystem in Changbai Mountains

Tundra swans are long-distance migrant from northern Siberia

a study on pollen morphology of tundra plants from barrow , arctic

Surface energy exchanges along a tundra-forest transition and feedbacks to climate

the inhabitants of the Arctic tundra

Execution of works of highway in tundra zone of altiplano

the tundra is a dark, seemingly lifeless wild land:

Arctic hare is a mainstay of the tundra diet

The balance of nature is so delicate on the tundra

Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth

Surviving on the Siberian Tundra

The Tundra of the Arctic Regions

July temperatures on the tundra

Canis lupus albus (Tundra Wolf)

Tundra wolves and Arctic wolves

But there is one tiny creature of the tundra

Until recently, the chaning seasons on the tundra

But the survival of the tundra

Strange Tangos on the tundra

Wall Street on the Tundra

I'll travel the sub-zero tundra

Text B Life on the Tundra