The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World’s Largest Land Biome

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Where is the Boreal Forest The boreal forest is our planet's largest land based biome Also Parts of the biome are so remote few humans have called taiga the forest thrives in northern regions forming a ever seen them But the boreal forest affects everyone scarf around the neck of the world Sixty percent of the forest is its trees clean our air and its wetlands clean our water in Russia Twenty nine percent is in Canada Other cold northern The biome also slows global climate change It is a vast areas like Alaska and Scandinavia also have boreal forests and vital wilderness There are many types of habitats in the biome Diverse habitats provide homes for a diversity of species There are birds in the trees and mammals in the bushes There are fish and frogs in the rivers and the bogs Some species stay all year Others only visit Greenland Canada United States Iceland COUNTRY PERCENT OF BOREAL BIOME Russia Canada United States Finland Sweden China Norway Mongolia Iceland Kazakhstan Greenland Japan 60 29 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1