In the alpine tundra there are deer, elk, mountain goats and various species of sheep. The weather in this biome is very cold and dry. It's sort of like a cold desert. The temperature barely goes above freezing. The average annual precipitation is less than 350 millimeters over most of the tundra.
Some mountains situated in the lower latitudes have a climate very similiar.
Some plant life that dominates this biome are dwarf birches, willows, lichens, mosses and grasses. Because the regrowth of plant life is slow, severe erosion can damage land for a very long time. Academic American Encyclopedia . The World Book Encyclopedia .