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TUNDRA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("tundra" is a kind of...):
champaign; field; plain (extensive tract of level open land)
Context examples:
With the exception of our little cove, the other beaches sloped gently back for a distance of half-a-mile or so, into what I might call rocky meadows, with here and there patches of moss and tundra grass.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Plants and soil in the Arctic tundra absorb and store mercury released into the atmosphere by industry and mining in the Earth's temperate regions, leading to soil mercury levels five times higher than in lower latitudes.
(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)
Tundra grass was impracticable.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
They concluded that the Arctic tundra is a major sink for mercury, a toxin that affects the neurological and immune systems of Arctic wildlife and is passed along to indigenous peoples who rely on subsistence hunting for their food.
(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)
