Boreal Forest or Taiga
A Boreal Forest is a biome characterised by coniferous forests. Alternatively called "Taiga".
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Central Sikhote-Alin | ||
Glacier parks | ||
Golden Mountains of Altai | ||
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain | "where the vast Central Asian steppe meets the coniferous forests of the Siberian taiga" | |
Gros Morne National Park | "strips of boreal forest" | |
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago | ||
Jeju | Primarily higher elevations on Hallasan Mountain."First type of habitat/land cover: Alpine coniferous forest - Abies koreana forest/ Regional" - Nomination File | |
Lake Baikal | ||
Laponian Area | ||
Nahanni National Park | ||
Pimachiowin Aki | ||
Putorana Plateau | ||
Uvs Nuur Basin | ||
Virgin Komi Forests | ||
Volcanoes of Kamchatka | ||
Wood Buffalo National Park |
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