GCSE OCR B Geography-Polar regions(Fuana, flora and climate)

• Flora in polar regions

  There is no soil in open air - ice sheets cover the ground all year round - only small plants such as; algae, moss, litchen, forbs and grass can survive, but do not grow much.
• Fauna in polar regions

  Polar regions have low biodiversity.
• Fauna in the Arctic


  Polar bears, Arctic foxes, Arctic hares, seals, reindeer, walruses.
• Fauna in Antarctica 


  Penguins, seals, seabirds.
• Climate in polar regions

  Polar regions are always colder than 10°c, and can reach -90°c
• Climate in the polar regions

  Low levels of rainfall, there are only two main seasons (around 9 months of winter and 3 months of summer)