Climate Diagram Tundra. Alpine tundra is located on mountains throughout the world at high altitude where trees cannot grow. Alpine tundra the alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the treeline.
It also receives low amounts of precipitation making the tundra similar to a desert. The growing season is approximately 180 days. The rate of the temperature drops with elevation which is not constant.
Thus tundra region having least vegetation and polar or arctic climate is found in north america and eurasia between the southern limit of the permanent ice caps in the north.
Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the arctic extending across north america to europe and siberia in asia. Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the arctic extending across north america to europe and siberia in asia. The climate becomes colder at high elevations due to the way the sun heats the surface. Tundra is known for large stretches of bare ground and rock and for patchy mantles of low vegetation such as mosses lichens herbs and small shrubs.
