Taiga is a brief biography

Taiga climate climate is the main component of the characteristics of the Taiga natural zone. Winters are cold, dry, last months. Summer, although not long, but warm. Autumn and spring are very short, usually no more than a month. Since the taiga borders on the tundra, most of the year from the polar circle, cold winds blow here. The plant world main representatives are evergreen coniferous trees.

So they are called because their needle leaves allow you to maintain moisture all year round and trees do not need to hibernate as deciduous and to throw needles. The exception is larch. Despite the fact that this tree is coniferous, for the winter it drops needles. Characteristic representatives of the taiga: pine, spruce, fir, larch. There are many mushrooms in such forests. Mosses, lichens, and low bushes grow on Earth.

There are few flowers in dark thickets. The animal world all animals had to adapt to difficult conditions. Among the birds, the vast majority are migratory.

Only eagles and owls live all year round. Closer to the ground live small rodents. Forest guardians - bears, hibernate in winter. The king of the forest is considered a noble deer - for his wide branched horns. In the taiga lives the largest representative of the cat family - the Ussuri tiger. The pride of the Primorsky Territory in Russia is the Ussuri taiga.

This natural complex is valued by its resources and beautiful landscapes. But the most important thing is that a very rare representative lives here - the Ussuri tiger, who is only a few dozen in nature. Ussuri tiger natural resources Russian taiga have been studied very little. Due to its length and harsh conditions, it is very difficult to arrange research centers.

In our country, the forest is actively used in industry. Also, oil, gas, coal are produced here. Canadian taiga is also very rich. Here, such metals as gold, copper, zinc, silver, uranium are mined. At one time, entire detachments of gold miners went to North America in order to get rich. The security of the taiga is currently the taiga remains a virgin bunch of nature, which has not yet been fully mastered by humanity.

Huge forests are the “lungs” of our planet, so its savings and protection is the most important. Many reserves and protected areas have been created on the territory of the taiga. What did we learn? Taiga is huge massifs of forests called the "lungs" planets Earth. It consists mainly of coniferous trees, since nothing is taking root in the harsh climate. But, despite this, in the taiga a rich animal world.

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