Taiga (
IPA pronunciation: or , from
Mongolian) is a
biome characterized by
coniferous forests. Covering most of inland
Alaska,
Canada,
Sweden,
Finland, inland
Norway and
Russia (especially
Siberia), as well as parts of the extreme northern
continental United States (Northern
Minnesota,
Upstate New York,
New Hampshire, and
Maine), northern
Kazakhstan and
Japan (
Hokkaidō), the taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome. In
Canada, boreal forest is the term used to refer to the southern part of this biome, while "taiga" is used to describe the more barren northern areas of the
Arctic tree line.
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