Siberian tundra
Russia's Arctic plain
Siberian tundra is the vast treeless plain stretching across northern Russia, characterized by permafrost, harsh winters, and sparse vegetation of mosses, lichens, and low shrubs.
The term evokes extreme cold and desolation: exiled to the Siberian tundra.
It serves as shorthand for any remote, inhospitable place: My new office feels like the Siberian tundra.
- reindeerArctic deer species
- mossesSmall spore-bearing plants
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- frozen groundSoil solidified by cold
- lichensFungal-algal composite organisms
ice · frost heave · lemmings · polar night · northern lights · polar bear · Arctic Circle · snow cover · wind · snow · nomadic herders · subzero temperatures · wolves · woolly mammoth · Ural Mountains · taiga · yurt · windswept
- tundrapermafrost, permafrost layer, frozen ground, reindeer moss, polar desert
- Russian ArcticMurmansk, permafrost, Northern Sea Route, polar bear, Arctic Ocean
- Siberian geographyLake Baikal, Trans-Siberian Railway, Trans-Siberian, taiga
Siberian tundratropical rainforest
Humid equatorial biome with dense vegetation
Amazon rainforest · Congo rainforest · jungle · temperate forest · deciduous forest
Siberian tundraSahara Desert
Massive North African arid region
Arabian Desert · Death Valley · tropical heat · Mojave Desert · Sonoran Desert
Siberian tundrarainforest canopy
Upper tree layer, tropics
dense jungle · old-growth forest · primeval forest · lush vegetation · redwood forest