Editing Biome (section)

=== Walter (1976, 2002) zonobiomes ===
The eponymously named [[Heinrich Walter]] classification scheme considers the seasonality of temperature and precipitation. The system, also assessing precipitation and temperature, finds nine major biome types, with the important climate traits and [[vegetation classification|vegetation types]]. The boundaries of each biome correlate to the conditions of moisture and cold stress that are strong determinants of plant form, and therefore the vegetation that defines the region. Extreme conditions, such as flooding in a swamp, can create different kinds of communities within the same biome.<ref name="WalterBreckle"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Walter |first=H. |date=1976 |title=Die ökologischen Systeme der Kontinente (Biogeosphäre). Prinzipien ihrer Gliederung mit Beispielen |language=de |trans-title=The ecological systems of the continents (biogeosphere). Principles of their outline with examples |location=Stuttgart}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Walter |first1=H. |last2=Breckle |first2=S-W. |date=1991 |title=Ökologie der Erde |language=de |trans-title=Ecology of the Earth |volume=1, Grundlagen |location=Stuttgart}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Number
! Zonobiome
! Zonal soil type
! Zonal vegetation type
|-
! ZB I
| [[Equatorial region|Equatorial]], always moist, little temperature seasonality
| Equatorial brown clays
| Evergreen [[tropical rainforest]]
|-
! ZB II
| [[Tropical]], summer rainy season and cooler "winter" dry season
| Red clays or red earths
| [[Tropical seasonal forest]], seasonal [[Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests|dry forest]], scrub, or savanna
|-
! ZB III
| [[Subtropical]], highly seasonal, [[arid]] climate
| Serosemes, sierozemes
| Desert vegetation with considerable exposed surface
|-
! ZB IV
| [[Mediterranean]], winter rainy season and summer drought
| Mediterranean brown earths
| [[Sclerophyll]]ous (drought-adapted), frost-sensitive shrublands and woodlands
|-
! ZB V
| Warm temperate, occasional frost, often with summer rainfall maximum
| Yellow or red forest soils, slightly podsolic soils
| Temperate evergreen forest, somewhat frost-sensitive
|-
! ZB VI
| [[Nemoral]], moderate climate with winter freezing
| Forest brown earths and grey forest soils
| Frost-resistant, [[deciduous]], temperate forest
|-
! ZB VII
| [[continental climate|Continental]], arid, with warm or hot summers and cold winters
| Chernozems to serozems
| Grasslands and temperate deserts
|-
! ZB VIII
| [[Boreal climate|Boreal]], cold temperate with cool summers and long winters
| Podsols
| Evergreen, frost-hardy, needle-leaved forest ([[taiga]])
|-
! ZB IX
| [[polar climate|Polar]], short, cool summers and long, cold winters
| Tundra humus soils with solifluction ([[permafrost]] soils)
| Low, evergreen vegetation, without trees, growing over permanently frozen soils
|-
|}