TAIGA (Boreal Forest)

CHARACTERISTICS

• Taiga is a coniferous forest that supports very cold temperatures and little rain.
• Taiga is located in the North of the planet, it is like a line from Siberia to Atlantic coast of Canada.
• Affected countries:United States , Canada , Norway,Sweden, Finland, Russia and Mongolia

TEMPERATURES

Taiga weather is hard, let´s see:

• WINTER: average temperature is -30ºC
• SUMMER: average temperatures is 19ºC
• AUTUMN: & SPRING are very short seasons. They pass without realizing 

ANIMALS

In the Taiga, animals must be prepare for the long, hard and cold winter.

In that season, most of the animals have to emigrate or hibernate. And some others has a good fur to support low temperatures.

Type of animals:
- Herbivores: deer, reindeer and elk

- Carnivorous: Linx, fox, wolf, vison

- Birds: different types
-Omnivorous: Bear

- Rodents: Mouse, rabbits...

VEGETATION

- Pine and firs predominate

- There are many ferns, mosses and lichens 

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