The habitat is the immediate environment in which a living organism (animal or plant) exists. It can contain both living organisms, objects of inanimate nature, and any number of varieties of organisms from several species to several thousand that coexist in a certain living space. The air-ground habitat includes such parts of the earth's surface as mountains, savannahs, forests, tundra, polar ice and others.
Habitat - Planet Earth
Different parts of the planet Earth are home to a huge biological diversity of species of living organisms. There are certain types of animal habitats. Hot, arid areas are often covered in hot deserts. In warm, humid regions, humid tropical forests are located.
There are 10 main types of land habitats on Earth. Each of them has many varieties, depending on where in the world it is located. Animals and plants that are typical of a particular habitat adapt to the conditions in which they live.
African savannah
This tropical grassy aerial-terrestrial community habitat is found in Africa. It is characterized by long dry periods following wet seasons with heavy rainfall. African savannahs are home to a huge number of herbivores, as well as the powerful predators that feed on them.
The mountains
On the tops of high mountain ranges it is very cold, and only a few plants grow there. Animals living in these high places are able to cope with low temperatures, lack of food and steep rocky terrain.
Evergreen forests
Coniferous forests are often found in cool areas of the Northern hemisphere of the globe: Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and the regions of Russia. They are dominated by evergreen spruce, and these areas are home to animals such as elk, beaver and wolf.
Deciduous trees
In cold, humid areas, many trees grow rapidly in the summer, but lose leaves in the winter. The number of wildlife in these areas varies with the season, as many migrate to other areas or hibernate in winter.
Temperate zone
It is characterized by dry grassy prairies and steppes, grasslands, hot summers and cold winters. This terrestrial airborne habitat is home to herd hernivores such as antelopes and bison.
Mediterranean zone
The lands around the Mediterranean Sea have a hot climate, but there is more rainfall than in the desert regions. These areas are home to shrubs and plants that can only survive when accessed by water and are often filled with many different types of insects.
Tundra
An airborne terrestrial habitat such as the tundra is covered in ice for most of the year. Nature comes to life only in spring and summer. Deer live here and birds nest.
Rainforests
These dense green forests grow near the equator and have a rich biological diversity of species of living organisms. No other habitat can boast as many inhabitants as the area covered by tropical forests.
Polar ice
Cold regions near the North and South poles are covered with ice and snow. Here you can find penguins, seals and polar bears, which earn their living in the icy waters of the ocean.
Ground-Air Animal Habitats
Habitats are scattered across the vast territory of planet Earth. Each is characterized by a certain biological diversity of the animal and plant world, whose representatives unevenly populate our planet. In the colder parts of the world, such as the polar regions, there are not many species of fauna that inhabit these territories and are specially adapted to live in low temperatures. Some animals are distributed around the world depending on the plants that they eat, for example, a giant panda inhabits those areas where bamboo grows.
Airborne Habitat
Every living organism needs a home, a shelter or an environment that can provide security, an ideal temperature, food and reproduction - all that is necessary for survival. One of the important functions of the habitat is to ensure the ideal temperature, as extreme changes can destroy the whole ecosystem. An important condition is also the presence of water, air, soil and sunlight.
The temperature on Earth is not the same everywhere; in some corners of the planet (the North and South poles) the thermometer can drop to - 88 ° C. In other places, especially in the tropics, it is very warm and even hot (up to + 50 ° C). The temperature regime plays an important role in the processes of adaptation of the ground-air environment, for example, animals adapted to low temperatures cannot survive in heat.
The habitat is the natural environment in which the organism lives. Animals require a different amount of space. The habitat can be large and occupy the whole forest or small, like a mink. Some inhabitants have to defend and defend a vast territory, while others need a small piece of space where they can coexist relatively peacefully with neighbors living nearby.