Sentence examples for tundra from high-quality English sources.

• …ecosystems, the taiga and the tundra.

• Behind that formidable trio, one finds the Toyota Tundra.

• Tundra makes up one-third of the park’s area.

• Only mosses, lichens, and grasses grow in the tundra.

• Tundra is also found at high elevations in the Lower 48.

• The tundra belt extends still farther south on higher ground.

• One constant factor shaping the tundra is alternate freezing and thawing of the ground.

• The Russian term “tundra” is derived from the Finnish word tunturi, meaning treeless heights.

Use tundra in a sentence.

• …of the Arctic Circle (Arctic tundra) or above the timberline on high mountains (alpine tundra).

• Moving southward, tundra climate occurs at gradually decreasing elevations until it reaches sea level in southern Tierra del Fuego.

• But if you want a truck that will probably last and last and last some more, giving little trouble along the way, consider the Tundra.

• Farther south stretches the transitional belt of the forest tundra, where tundra and sparse forest alternate with regularity.

• Tundra areas have a continuous cover of vegetation, and many different tundra associations (plant communities) may be recognized.

• Tundra also exists above the timberline in the Western Cordillera, but the discussion here is generally confined to the northern tundra.

• Organisms of the northern alpine tundra probably evolved before those of the Arctic tundra, appearing first in the Mongolo-Tibetan Plateau.

• Tundra reindeer migrate between tundra and forest in huge herds numbering up to half a million in an annual cycle covering as much as 5,000 km (3,000 miles).

tundra sentence examples

• A vast transitional zone, the taiga shield, comprising some 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of mixed boreal and tundra growth, connects the northern forest and the tundra region.

• Tundra, a major zone of treeless level or rolling ground found in cold regions, mostly north of the Arctic Circle (Arctic tundra) or above the timberline on high mountains (alpine tundra).

• The distinctive animals of the tundra are seals and polar bears, the latter feeding on seals, and musk oxen, caribou, arctic hares, and lemmings, which feed on the tundra vegetation and are prey for wolves and white Arctic foxes.

• …and three subdivisions are recognized: Arctic tundra, with much bare ground and extensive areas of mosses and lichens; shrubby tundra, with mosses, lichens, herbaceous plants, dwarf Arctic birch, and shrub willow; and wooded tundra, with more extensive areas of stunted birch, larch, and spruce.