The Siberian taiga is the world's largest forest stretching 5,700 kilometers from west to east and 1,000 kilometers from north to south through northern Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden, covering some 2.7 billion acres.
The longest forest is the North America taiga at 6,200 kilometers, but it varies in width from 500 - 1,000 kilometers. The North America taiga Stretches from Alaska to Newfoundland. The taiga accounts for over 25% of the world's forested area
Taiga Facts
The world's oldest trees are the bristle cone pines found in California. One of them is 4,600 year old. Now that's OLD!
Coniferous trees grow thick bark to protect them from wildfires.
Needles actually help keep coniferous trees warm during the winter.
The trunks of the conifer trees are used to make paper. Like the stuff you use to write on in school or at home.
The taiga gets about 12-33 inches of rain in one year.
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