What is the Taiga?
LOCATION
- Strip of coniferous trees across North America and Eurasia
- Only in the Northern Hemisphere
- Between Temperate Forest and Tundra
- Just below the Arctic Circle
- Only in the Northern Hemisphere
- Between Temperate Forest and Tundra
- Just below the Arctic Circle
*Note* A specific portion of coniferous forest in Canada is referred to as the Boreal Forest, but the Taiga is also sometimes called the Boreal Forest.
FACTS
- In Russian, Taiga means "land of little sticks"
- Boreas was the Greek god of the North wind
- Taiga in Russia stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific
- Boreal Forest in Canada is 29x the size of Texas
- In Russian, Taiga means "land of little sticks"
- Boreas was the Greek god of the North wind
- Taiga in Russia stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific
- Boreal Forest in Canada is 29x the size of Texas