Question

ii) The tundra is described as a cold desert where the subsoil is permanently frozen. How do
plants and animals survive here?

​

Answer 1

Answer:

Although precipitation is light, evaporation is also relatively minimal. During the summer, the permafrost thaws just enough to let plants grow and reproduce, but because the ground below this is frozen, the water cannot sink any lower, and so the water forms the lakes and marshes found during the summer months.