WOW Facts About the Tundra

1. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturia which means “treeless plain.”
2. The tundra biome is the coldest biome.
3. The tundra gets about as much precipitation as the average desert, around 10 inches per year.
4. The tundra is a very fragile biome that is shrinking as the permafrost melts.
5. Over 400 different kinds of flowers that grow there.
6. The tundra extends to cover almost 20-percent of all the land on Earth.
7. Polar bears are the largest mammal that lives on the tundra year round.
8. Tundra biome is the least inhabited biome in the world by the humans.
9. The Alpine Tundra is situates in Mountainous region of the world. 
10. The Antarctic Tundra is another type of tundra region.