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Scandinavian and Russian taiga (PA0608)

 

Scandinavian and Russian taiga
Pechoro-Ilychskiy Nature Reserve, Russia
Photograph by © WWF-Canon/Hartmut JUNGIUS


 

Where
Northern Europe: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia
Biome
Boreal Forests/Taiga

  Size
832,800 square miles (2,156,900 square kilometers) -- about thrice the size of Texas
Critical/Endangered
 
 

· Location and General Description
· Biodiversity Features
· Current Status
· Threats
· Ecoregion Justification
· References
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Location and General Description

Biodiversity Features

Current Status

Types and Severity of Threats

Justification of Ecoregion Delineation

References


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For more general information on this ecoregion, go to the WildWorld version of this description.

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