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= **__TAIGA__** = == __Location__ The Taiga biome is located between 50 degrees latitude north and the Arctic circle.The red shaded areas on the map.

media type="custom" key="21569892" A slideshow of some animals, and setting in taiga. media type="custom" key="21569736" This video goes into more detail on the complete knowlege of the taiga biome. __General knowlge__ The taiga is a needleleaf forest biome. Living in the taiga is difficult. Cold temperatures and food shortages make things very difficult, mostly in the winter. Some of the animals in the taiga hibernate in the winter, some fly south if possible, while some just deal with the environment,which is very difficult.

__weather__ The winters in the taiga are extremly cold, with only snowfall. The summers are warm, rainy, and humid.The average temperature is below freezing for six months out of the year. The winter temperature range is -54 to -1° C (-65 to 30° F). Temperature range in the summer gets as low as -7° C (20° F). The high in summer can be 21° C (70° F). The total precipitation in a year is 30 - 85 cm (12 - 33 in). The forms the precipitation comes in are rain, snow and dew. Most of the precipitation in the taiga falls as rain in the summer media type="custom" key="21569834" .This video shows some images of the plant/animal life in the taiga.

__plant types__ The taiga doesn't have as many plant and animal species as the tropical or the deciduous forest biomes. A lot of coniferous trees grow in taiga. There are not many types of species of plants in the taiga because of the conditions. Not many plants can survive the cold of the winter. There are lichnes and mosses, but most plants are coniferous trees like pine, white spruce, hemlock and douglas fir.

__animal types__ Animals of the taiga tend to be predators like the lynx and members of the weasel family like wolverines, bobcat, minks and ermine. They hunt herbivores like snowshoe rabbits, red squirrels and voles. Red deer, elk, and moose can be found in regions of the taiga where more deciduous trees grow. media type="custom" key="21569864" A video taking a look at the artic fox.

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