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DescriptionVegetation.png	The main biomes in the world. Drawn by hand using maps.
Date	21 February 2007
Source	The blank world map in Commons and WSOY Iso karttakirja for the information. Referred to over a hundred sources, but here are some of the more extensively used ones: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
Author	Ville Koistinen (user Vzb83)
Other versions	Derivative works of this file: Vegetation Africa.png Vegetation with cities.png Kasvillisuus.png Vegetation-spanish.png

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:55, 24 March 2024	1,385 × 622 (85 KB)	Berkserker	Added more level of detail, particularly to montane and arid regions. Corrections to savannas.
	21:44, 18 September 2023	1,385 × 622 (81 KB)	Berkserker	Minor correction to key
	21:01, 18 September 2023	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	Slight correction to Eastern Australia
	09:37, 11 August 2020	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	Corrections to Madagascar
	18:35, 6 August 2020	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	Minor optimization according to Dyer 2006
	07:01, 5 August 2020	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	Added a third source: Dyer 2006, specifically to address the issues in Eastern USA
	03:40, 15 June 2020	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	More corrections as well as fixing remaining dead pixels
	13:22, 9 June 2020	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	Further corrections based on the same sources
	07:20, 21 March 2020	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	Minor correction to Andean montane forests
	07:09, 21 March 2020	1,385 × 622 (80 KB)	Berkserker	Fixed key and map colors not matching