What are some shared characteristics for Arctic region?
The Arctic Region is the Tundra biome, the coldest of the various biomes (Temperate Deciduous Forest, Rainforest, Desert, Ocean, Taiga etc). The term tundra is a Finnish word, tunturi, meaning a treeless plain. Tundra is divided into two types: the arctic tundra [all around the North Pole] and the alpine tundra [high in the mountains].
