This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands ... generally occur in a band around the world between 15 ...

Some of the world’s main biomes include rainforest, desert, savannah, grassland, woodland and tundra ... After all that monkey-ing around, I can finally get back to my travels.

This map from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the shrinking range of the North American grassland biome. Thanks to agricultural ... % of its grasslands, with around 12.5 million acres ...