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Boreal Forest
Environment
The climate of the boreal forest is cold with temperatures from -5°C to 5°C. Precipitation is between 300 to 900mL annually.
Roughly 20 species of trees make up the forest canopy.
It is estimated that more than 3 million land birds, waterbirds and shorebirds breed in the boreal forest, which is more than 300 species. Another 300 million travel through boreal forests during migration.
Climate graph
Change
Fun Facts
The boreal forest was named after the Greek god of the North wind
The boreal forest biome is also known as the taiga biome which is a Russian word for forest
Boreal forests represent 29% of the world's forest coverage
The Canadian boreal forests emerged after the ice age about 10 000 years ago
Wildfires are an important part of the reproductive cycle for some species.
Spacial distrubution map
Sustainability
Logging
Oil and Gas
Mining
Changing water and nutrient cycle
Place
The boreal/taiga forest exist in broad bands, across North America, Europe, and Asia.
As the boreal forest are located near the arctic, the winters are long and harsh consisting up to six months.
Most of the precipitation in the boreal forests, fall during the summer and is relatively light.
The boreal forests placement it is very accessible
Interconnection
There are 600 indigenous communities that live in the boreal forest.
People in the forest also deepened on animals in the boreal forest for food, and native trees shrubs, grasses and fungi for food, medication and shelter.
The Twin Rivers Paper Company is situated in a Boreal forest.
Space
The boreal/ taiga forest covers approximately 15% of the Earth’s lands surface.
The boreal forest stretches across North America, Europe and Asia to the southern border of the arctic tundra.
In eastern North America much of the boreal forest survives down the sides of mountains.
The space of the boreal forest is used in many different ways