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  2. Boreal forest of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian boreal forest is a very large bio-region that extends in length from the Yukon-Alaska border right across the country to Newfoundland and Labrador. It is over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) in width (north to south) separating the arctic tundra region from the various landscapes of southern Canada. The taiga growth (as defined in North ...

  3. Taiga - Wikipedia

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    The boreal forest/taiga supports a relatively small variety of highly specialized and adapted animals, due to the harshness of the climate. Canada's boreal forest includes 85 species of mammals, 130 species of fish, and an estimated 32,000 species of insects. [37] Insects play a critical role as pollinators, decomposers, and as a part of the ...

  4. Boreal Mountain Resort - Wikipedia

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    For the 2017-2018 season, Boreal was the first resort to open in all of California, opening on November 8, 2017. [1] Although it is relatively small compared to other Tahoe area resorts, Boreal hosted the US Snowboarding Grand Prix in 2009. Boreal added a new Magic Carpet for the 2007 season and a fix gripped mid-mountain quad chairlift for the ...

  5. Subarctic climate - Wikipedia

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    Dfd. The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, generally at latitudes from 50°N to 70°N, poleward of the humid continental climates.

  6. Yosemite National Park - Wikipedia

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    1984 (8th Session) Yosemite National Park (/ joʊˈsɛmɪti / yoh-SEM-ih-tee[5]) is a national park of the United States in California. [6][7] It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi; 3,074 ...

  7. Mediterranean California - Wikipedia

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    The Central Valley of California is a significant feature of Mediterranean climate California. It was an ancient oceanic inlet that eventually sediment filled in, the deposition supplied by erosion of the surrounding mountain ranges. The soil is composed of both the metamorphic, oceanic crust-like Coastal Range sediment and the mineral-rich ...

  8. File:Snowy forest in Boreal, California.jpg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on fi.wikipedia.org Havupuut; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Projet:Impression/Quality images/116; Usage on pl.wikipedia.org

  9. Shocking satellite images and videos show Southern California ...

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    As four fires grew in Southern California, new satellite images show their scale and the amount of smoke pouring east. The Line, Bridge, Airport and Roblar fires, all of which began in the past ...