Boreal Forest Biome
ClimateThe Boreal Forest biome’s climate is very cold and ranges from 5 degrees to -5 degrees. There are long winters and short summer in this biome.
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AnimalsThe animals found in this biome includes the black bear, bald eagle, bob cat, lynx, gray wolf, grizzly bear, red fox, river otter and more. These animals would have needed to adapt to the cold weather by growing thick fur and having a body to take the cold climate.
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PlantsThe plants found in this biome includes the balsam fir, black spruce, douglas-fir, eastern red cedar, jack pine, paper birch, Siberian spruce and more. These plants would have needed much sunlight to grow in the cold weather.
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LocationThe Boreal Forest is the largest biome on Earth and it is sometimes called the coniferous forest. This is because it is full of coniferous evergreen trees. This biome is located across North America, Europe and Asia.
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Man Made and Natural Disasters- The construction and industrial development is destroying the biome by damaging wildlife habitats, fragmenting forests and wetlands, humans gaining access to remote regions, the changing water and nutrient cycles and contaminating wildlife.
- Oil deposit under boreal forest and the contamination of soils and plants. -90% of the boreal forests are open up for mining explorations. |