SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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What can be found in marine west coast climates?
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Permanently frozen subsoil known as permafrost.
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Limited vegetation with short grasses, mosses, and lichens.
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Primarily dry regions with an occasional oasis.
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Mixed forests, which have both coniferous and deciduous trees.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Semi-evergreen forests are found in the Western Ghats, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Eastern Himalayas. Such forests have a mixture of the wet evergreen trees and the moist deciduous trees. The forest is dense and is filled with a large variety of trees of both types.
Detailed explanation-2: -The boreal forest, also known as taiga or coniferous forest, is found roughly between 50oand 60o north latitude across most of Canada, Alaska, Russia, and northern Europe (Figure 10 below).
Detailed explanation-3: -Coniferous forests are found in the northern hemisphere, at high latitudes and altitudes, in areas with long, cold winters and short, cool summers.
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