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Alpine biomes is one of the coldest climates in the world. In the alpine summer (being the hottest is 10 to -12 degrees Celsius. The alpine get 30 centimeters a year  . Alpine biomes can be found all over the world in high  altitudes. Alpine is very much like tundra its very cold and very dry.  Not many animals are able to live in this region. Alpine and Artice biomes cover 16% of the earth. Alpine lives in regions where trees can not grow. The alpine has 180 days of growing season for the plants. Because of the light in the alpine the plants cant grow good. The alpine biome is so far off it is exposed to sunlight and the UV rays are so dangerous. Alpine unlike the tundra have very well drained soil. And almost every night the temperature is below freezing. Some of the animals that are able to survive is the elk, chinchilla, wild yak, snow leopard, alpaca, lamas, mountain goat, and the snow shoe hare. This is the snow shoe hare. The snow shoe hare can survive in the alpine because it can blend into the the snow to stay away from predictors easily. Also the hare can live in the alpine because it has very thick fur because of the deathly cold winters. The snow shoe hare eats seeds and little bits of grass.

Snow Flower. The snow flower is one of the things that you might come across when you are in the alpine tundra. The snow flower is one of the alpines consumers and producers. The snow flower makes it own food but also is food for animals like the snow shoe hare and the chinchilla(those being only a few of the animals that eat it). The snow flower can live in very very cold temperatures. That is one of the reasons that the snow flower is mostly only found in the Himalayas and in Alpine regions of the world(the Himalayas is a alpine region). But the snow flower absorbs water when it rains or snows so that it can make its food. This is the Snow Leopard. As you can tell most things in the alpine has snow in its name!!! The snow leopard is one of the predators in the alpine biome. The snow leopard is a animal that can live in the alpine because it eats most everything and can live off most everything. The snow leopard has a thick coat of fur that makes it be able to live in the very very very cold times in the alpine.