Taiga

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Taiga

• By Katie Jardine Charity Sonier

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• The Arctic tundra is purple (ice is white).
• Deciduous forests are dark green.
• Deserts are light blue.
• Tropical rainforests are red.
• Savannahs/grasslands are yellow and tan.
• Areas of taiga are neon green.

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Climate

• The average temperature is below freezing for six
  months out of the year. The winter temperature
  range is -54 to -1 C (-65 to 30 F). The
  winters, as you can see, are really cold, with
  lots of snow.
• Temperature range in the summer gets as low as
  -7 C (20 F). The high in summer can be 21 C
  (70 F). The summers are mostly warm, rainy and
  humid. They are also very short with about 50 to
  100 frost free days. The total precipitation in a
  year is 30 - 85 cm (12 - 33 in) . The forms the
  precipitation comes in are rain, snow and dew.
  Most of the precipitation in the taiga falls as
  rain in the summer.

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features

• It's 50 land and 50 water.
• They can stretch over 20 acres of land
• Its location is in three different continents
• Cone-bearing or coniferous forests
• Thinness of soil due to cold

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Plant Adaption

• Due to the harsh environmental conditions, not
  many plants can survive. the common plants found
  in taiga are coniferous trees or evergreens with
  long, thin and waxy leaves. The needle-shaped
  leaves reduce water loss and protect from
  weighing down by snow. These plants grow very
  close to each other, as an adaptation to protect
  from the cold snow and wind. Other than these
  plants, lichens and mosses are also found in the
  taiga biome.

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Animal Adaption

• Similar to the plants, the animals that can adapt
  to long winter and moderate summer seasons are
  found in the taiga biome. Taiga animals have
  thick furs and other special adaptations. Most of
  them migrate to nearby areas during the snowfalls
  and food scarcity. Heres a list of some common
  animals found in the taiga biome.

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Threats

• Clear Cutting
• The need for paper, books and other things
• Approximately half of the Boreal forest has been
  allocated or licensed to logging companies
• Climate Change
• Loss of species
• Increased forest fires and outbreaks of insect
  infestations.

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photos
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DID YOU KNOW?

• That another name for the Taiga biome is the
  Boreal forest.
• Taiga is the Russian word for forest.
• Boreal was the Greek goddess of the North Wind

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Bibliography

• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm
• http//www.buzzle.com/articles/taiga-biome-taiga-a
  nimals-and-plants.html
• http//www.mbgnet.net/sets/taiga/index.htm
• http//www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/bore
  al/threats-to-the-boreal-forest