AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

BIOMES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
which is the largest land biomes on earth?
A
temperate deciduous forest
B
desert
C
grassland
D
taiga
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The taiga or boreal forest has been called the world’s largest land biome. In North America, it covers most of inland Canada, Alaska, and parts of the northern contiguous United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The boreal forest (or “taiga”) is the world’s largest land biome. The boreal ecozone principally spans 8 countries: Canada, China, Finland, Japan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -The largest forest which covers 25% of the world’s forest land is Taiga forest of Siberia. Taiga regions include Alaska, Siberia, Canada, and Scandinavia. The taiga forest region is located in the cold and subarctic regions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Russian boreal forests (known in Russia as the taiga) represent the largest forested region on Earth (approximately 12 million km2), larger than the Amazon.

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