Biomes
- Shanti Bants
- Aug 28, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 9, 2025
A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to its physical environment and regional climate.
Terrestrial Biomes
Freshwater Biomes
Large lakes (LLL)
Large river deltas (LRD)
Montane freshwaters (LMF)
Oceanic Islands (LOI)
Polar freshwater (LPF)
Temperate coastal rivers (LTC)
Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands (LTF)
Temperate upland rivers (LTU)
Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers (LTR)
Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes (LFW)
Tropical and subtropical upland rivers (LUR)
Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins (LXB)
Ocean Biomes
Code | Title | Ocean | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
FKLD | Southwest Atlantic shelves | Atlantic | Coastal |
BRAZ | Brazilian current coast | Atlantic | Coastal |
BENG | Benguela current coast | Atlantic | Coastal |
GUIN | Guinea current coast | Atlantic | Coastal |
CNRY | Canary current coast | Atlantic | Coastal |
GUIA | Guianas coast | Atlantic | Coastal |
NECS | Northeast Atlantic shelves | Atlantic | Coastal |
NWCS | Northwest Atlantic shelves | Atlantic | Coastal |
ARCT | Atlantic Arctic | Atlantic | Polar |
SARC | Atlantic sub-Arctic | Atlantic | Polar |
SATL | South Atlantic gyral | Atlantic | Trade wind |
ETRA | Eastern tropical Atlantic | Atlantic | Trade wind |
WTRA | Western tropical Atlantic | Atlantic | Trade wind |
CARB | Caribbean | Atlantic | Trade wind |
NATR | North Atlantic tropical gyral | Atlantic | Trade wind |
NASTE | Northeast Atlantic subtropical gyral | Atlantic | Westerly |
MEDI | Mediterranean Sea | Atlantic | Westerly |
NASTW | Northwest Atlantic subtropical gyral | Atlantic | Westerly |
GFST | Gulf Stream | Atlantic | Westerly |
NADR | North Atlantic Drift | Atlantic | Westerly |
HUMB | Humboldt current coast | Pacific | Coastal |
AUSE | East Australian coast | Pacific | Coastal |
SUND | Sunda-Arafura shelves | Pacific | Coastal |
CHIN | China Sea | Pacific | Coastal |
CAMR | Central American coast | Pacific | Coastal |
ALSK | Alaska coastal downwelling | Pacific | Coastal |
NEWZ | New Zealand coast | Pacific | Coastal |
CCAL | Coastal Californian current | Pacific | Coastal |
BERS | North Pacific epicontinental sea | Pacific | Polar |
ARCH | Archipelagic deep basins | Pacific | Trade wind |
PEQD | Pacific equatorial divergence | Pacific | Trade wind |
PNEC | North Pacific equatorial counter current | Pacific | Trade wind |
NPTG | North Pacific Tropical gyre | Pacific | Trade wind |
CCAL | California current | Pacific | Trade wind |
SPSG | South Pacific gyre | Pacific | Trade wind |
WARM | Western Pacific warm pool | Pacific | Trade wind |
TASM | Tasman Sea | Pacific | Westerly |
KURO | Kuroshio current | Pacific | Westerly |
PSAE | Eastern Pacific subarctic gyres | Pacific | Westerly |
PSAW | Western Pacific subarctic gyres | Pacific | Westerly |
NPPF | North Pacific polar front | Pacific | Westerly |
NPSW | Northwest Pacific subtropical | Pacific | Westerly |
NPSE | Northeast Pacific subtropical | Pacific | Westerly |
EAFR | East African coast | Indian | Coastal |
AUSW | Western Australian and Indonesian coast | Indian | Coastal |
INDE | Eastern India coast | Indian | Coastal |
REDS | Red Sea, Persian Gulf | Indian | Coastal |
INDW | Western India coast | Indian | Coastal |
ISSG | Indian South subtropical gyre | Indian | Trade wind |
MONS | Indian monsoon gyre | Indian | Trade wind |
ARAB | Northwest Arabian Sea upwelling | Indian | Westerly |
SSTC | South subtropical convergence | Antarctic | Westerly |
SANT | Subantarctic water ring | Antarctic | Westerly |
ANTA | Antarctic | Antarctic | Polar |
APLR | Austral polar | Antarctic | Polar |
BPRL | Boreal polar | Arctic | Polar |
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