taiga
Cold conifer zone
Taiga is the vast belt of coniferous forest stretching across northern latitudes—primarily in Russia, Canada, and Scandinavia.
It lies between the arctic tundra to the north and temperate forests or grasslands to the south.
The taiga is characterized by long, severe winters, short summers, and dominant tree species like spruce, fir, and pine.
Caribou migrate through the taiga each spring.
Neat; also a conifer
- larchDeciduous coniferous tree
- firCone-bearing evergreen genus
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
needle · resin · cones · softwood · birch · cedar · hemlock · tamarack
Of northern regions
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- bioticRelating to life
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
permafrost · wetlands · peatland · tundra · treeline · ecotone · subarctic · biodiversity
Perpetually frozen earth layer
- subarcticZone south of Arctic
- frostThin ice coating
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- iceWater's solid form
subzero · blizzard · windchill · hummock · freeze-thaw · short summers · long winters · snowpack
Traversing Russia's eastern wilderness
- BaikalSiberian freshwater lake
- LenaSiberian river to Arctic
- KamchatkaFar eastern Russian peninsula
- UralRussian border mountains
steppe · tundra · boreal · trapline · fur trade · logging · wilderness · vast
Of northern regions
- muskegWaterlogged peat terrain
- Hudson BayLarge Canadian subarctic sea
- YukonNorthwestern Canadian territory
- Northwest TerritoriesNorthern Canadian administrative region
Labrador · Manitoba · Ontario · Saskatchewan · Alberta · First Nations · Cree · Ojibwe
spruce
Neat; also a conifer
evergreen · needle · resin · cones · softwood · birch · cedar · hemlock · tamarack · boreal
boreal
Of northern regions
fauna · permafrost · wetlands · peatland · tundra · treeline · ecotone · subarctic · biodiversity · habitat
permafrost
Perpetually frozen earth layer
ice · subzero · blizzard · windchill · hummock · freeze-thaw · short summers · long winters · snowpack · snowmelt
Trans-Siberian
Traversing Russia's eastern wilderness
Ural · steppe · tundra · boreal · trapline · fur trade · logging · wilderness · vast · remote
boreal
Of northern regions
- muskegWaterlogged peat terrain
- Hudson BayLarge Canadian subarctic sea
- YukonNorthwestern Canadian territory
Northwest Territories · Labrador · Manitoba · Ontario · Saskatchewan · Alberta · First Nations · Cree · Ojibwe · shield
moose
Largest cervid, northern forests
grizzly · snowshoe hare · sable · reindeer · black bear · beaver · marten · fox · elk · owl
- Siberian geographyLake Baikal, Trans-Siberian Railway, Trans-Siberian, Siberian tundra
- Soviet ArcticMurmansk, Northern Sea Route, icebreakers, Arctic Circle, tundra
- foresttrees, pine, oak, woods, wood
- forestswoods, pine trees, deciduous forest, maple trees, coniferous forest
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
taigatropical rainforest
Humid equatorial biome with dense vegetation
jungle · tropical forest · Amazon rainforest · tropics · Congo rainforest
taigadesert
To leave behind completely
hot desert · tundra · Sahara · Arabian Desert · grassland