KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -In Russia, the world’s largest taiga stretches about 5, 800 kilometers (3, 600 miles), from the Pacific Ocean to the Ural Mountains. This taiga region was completely glaciated, or covered by glaciers, during the last ice age. The soil beneath the taiga often contains permafrost-a layer of permanently frozen soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -Russian boreal forests (known in Russia as the taiga) represent the largest forested region on Earth (approximately 12 million km2), larger than the Amazon.

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: -In the uppermost Northern Hemisphere, North America, Europe, and Asia have significant expanses of land. The boreal forests ring the regions immediately south of the Arctic Circle in a vast expanse that easily rivals the rainforest regions of the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -Option 4 is correct, i.e. Russia. Taiga forest is found in Russia.