Location and Landscape
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As seen on the picture to the left, the Taiga biome is located throughout a strip along the upper hemisphere. This covers most of the Canada and well as Russia. Like all coniferous forests the Taiga is also covered with coniferous forests. The Taiga biome has many ponds, lakes, and wetlands that are present in many areas of the biome. The location of the Taiga biome is between 50 and 60 degrees north of the equator.
Temperature and Seasons
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Because the Taiga is located in the far north, the weather is cold for most of the year. The biome itself has extreme conditions in terms of temperature between winter and summer. It can be as cold as -76 degrees Fahrenheit ( -60 degrees Celsius) in the winter or as hot as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in the summer. The average temperature ranges for winter however are -65 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit (-54 to -1 degrees Celsius) in the winter and 20 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit (-7 to 21 degrees Celsius) in the summer. The winter are usually long, cold, and dark lasting for about 6 to 7 months. The summer on the other hand is short, hot and rainy.
Precipitation
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The Taiga has two main types of precipitation, those being snow and rain. On average the Taiga receives is 40 inches (100 centimeters) of precipitation per year. The biome has between 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters) of precipitation in the summer consisting of rain and 20 to 40 inches (50 to 100 centimeters) or precipitation in the winter consisting of snow.