Articles of category "Temperate climate"

Grassland is one of several types of terrestrial biomes, where grasses form the predominant vegetation, usually mixed with herbs and sometimes with shrubs, but usually without trees. Grasslands may occur naturally or as the result of human activity. Covering most of inland Canada, northern Russia and Siberia, taigas are one of the world's major sources of oxygen.

In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally subtle Temperate climates can have very unpredictable weather. One day it may be sunny, the next it may be raining. The idea of a temperate "zone" was first hypothesized by the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle.