Biomes Locations and Its Importance

The largest and most important of all biomes for our climate and food security. It also provides 70% of the global fish catch.

• Pacific Ocean

• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

• The St. Lawrence Estuary

• Lake Superior

It is located in Australia and serves as barriers to protect the shoreline from waves, flood and storms.

• Pacific Ocean

• The Great Barrier Reef

• Lake Superior

• The St. Lawrence Estuary

It is located between USA and Canada and serves as a trade route connecting the lakes to the Atlantic Ocean providing navigation to deep-draft ocean vessels.

• The St. Lawrence Estuary

• Pacific Ocean

• The Nile River

• The Great Barrier Reef

It is between Canada and North America, it provides a route for the transportation of iron ore as well as grain and other mined and manufactured materials.

• The Great Barrier Reef

• The Nile River

• Lake Superior

• Pacific Ocean

It provides a major source of food, transportation, and abundant water supply for nourishing agricultural soil in northeastern Africa.

• Lake Superior

• The Nile River

• Pacific Ocean

• The Great Barrier Reef

It is located in North Africa and has a huge potential for solar energy production. Uranium is also widely found in this biome.

• The Sahara Desert

• Kalaallit Nunaat

• Eurasian Steppe

• The Amazon Rainforest

The coldest biome and only the most cold-hardy plants and animals are able to survive. Located in the Arctic it helps keep our world's climate in balance.

• The Amazon Rainforest

• The Sahara Desert

• Kalaallit Nunaat Tundra

• Eurasian Steppe

This biome is the most important land route for travel and trade between Europe and Asian countries. Its soils are favorable for agriculture.

• Eurasian Steppe

• Sahara Desert

• The Amazon Rainforest

• Kalaallit Nunaat Tundra

This biome is located in South America, it help stabilize the climate and stores billion tons of carbon.

• The Amazon Rainforest

• The Sahara Desert

• Eurasian Steppe

• The Great Barrier Reef

This biome spread across several states in Brazil and it is extremely important as a source of water. Most Brazilians' home electricity is powered by water from the Cerrado savanna.

• The Cerrado Savanna

• The Amazon Rainforest

• The Sahara Desert

• Eurasian Steppe