BIOMES Back to Ecology -- BIO 304 homepage Factors determining the distribution of major life-zones differential heating of the Earth's surface by the Sun, which results from: the shape of the Earth the tilted axis and rotation of the Earth (seasonality) distribution of water and land and the differences in their physical properties. The first two would result in continuous belts of different biomes parallel with the Equator. The third factor disrupts this pattern. Ci ...

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