Taiga

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The taiga is found throughout the high northern latitudes, just below the tundra, and just above the steppes.
The taiga is found throughout the high northern latitudes, just below the tundra, and just above the steppes.
Black Spruce taiga, Copper River, Alaska.
Black Spruce taiga, Copper River, Alaska.

Taiga (IPA pronunciation: /'taɪgə/ or /taɪ 'ga/, from Mongolian) is characterized by coniferous forests. Taiga covers most of inland Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Finland, inland Norway, northern Kazakhstan and Russia (especially Siberia), as well as parts of the extreme northern continental United States. The taiga is the world's largest region with forests. In Canada, boreal forest is the term used to refer to the southern part of these forests, while "taiga" is used to describe the northern areas south of the Arctic tree line.

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