Concept information
Preferred term
taiga
Definition
- Taiga, also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga or boreal forest is the world's largest land biome. Taiga in its current form is a relatively recent phenomenon, having only existed for the last 12,000 years since the beginning of the Holocene epoch, covering land that had been mammoth steppe or under the Scandinavian Ice Sheet in Eurasia and under the Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America during the Late Pleistocene. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga)
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- boreal forest
In other languages
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French
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forêt boréale
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forêt hudsonienne
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zone de taïga
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-Q049QWCQ-1
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