Temperate Deciduous Forest and Missouri

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Warsaw, Missouri holds the record for both the coldest and the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Missouri ("Missouri Facts and Trivia"). The temperate deciduous forest is home to unique ecosystems and plentiful wildlife and vegetation. The temperature and precipitation in this biome is not too high or too low, hence the word temperate in the name. The terrain in the temperate deciduous biome has a great effect on the adaptations of the living organisms in the area. Missouri belongs in the temperate deciduous forest biome because both regions have similar climate, locations, terrain, flora, and fauna.
The climate of Missouri and the temperate deciduous forest is similar in terms of precipitation and temperature. The average annual temperature in Missouri is 45-66 degrees Fahrenheit ("Average Annual Temperatures in Missouri"). This data makes Missouri fall into the deciduous forest biome because the broad temperature range for this biome is -22-86 degrees Fahrenheit (Przyborski). Missouri receives an average of 44.2 inches of rain and snow every year ("Average Annual Precipitation for Missouri"). The precipitation range of the temperate deciduous forest biome is 29-59 inches of rain and snow every year (Przyborski). This fact furthers the proof that Missouri is a state with the temperate deciduous biome. The terrain of both regions is also extremely similar.
The terrain in Missouri and the temperate deciduous forest have almost identical locations, soils, and elevations. Missouri has a latitude of about 37-41 degrees north and a longitude of 90-95 degrees west (Darney). This falls into the temperate deciduous forest biome’s range of a latitude of 30-60 degrees north and no specific longitude because the biome occur...

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