AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The taiga lies between the tundra to the north and temperate forests to the south. Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia have taigas. In Russia, the world’s largest taiga stretches about 5, 800 kilometers (3, 600 miles), from the Pacific Ocean to the Ural Mountains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taiga-Cold in the winter and warm in the summer, the taiga is the world’s largest land biome.

Detailed explanation-3: -The boreal forest covers about 11% of Earth’s land mass. This makes it the world’s largest terrestrial biome! It is located in the northern hemisphere. It extends from around 50° North latitude to 65° N latitude.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Taiga is the largest land biome. It is also known as the Northern Coniferous or Boreal Forest and is only found in the Northern Hemisphere below the Tundra Biome. In the Taiga, the winters are very long and very cold. Location: The Taiga is found in Canada, Europe and Asia.

Detailed explanation-5: -taiga, also called boreal forest, biome (major life zone) of vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in northern circumpolar forested regions characterized by long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.