DEFINITION OF TAIGA

A high-latitude forest and/or swampy region that

occupies regions between the tundra and the steppe. The

taiga forest is a common feature in northern Canada and

Nunavet and Siberia. The taiga is sometimes called the cold

woodland and is characterized by low trees that are spaced

well apart, numerous shrubs, and an extensive moss and

lichen cover on the ground and rocky surfaces. Much of the

northern regions occupied by taiga were glaciated in the

Pleistocene and so have thin poorly developed and poorly

drained soils resting on bedrock. Many poorly drained

depressions develop into bogs or thick swampy accumulations

of peat known as muskeg. The northern forest is inhabited

by many herds of caribou, wandering black and grizzly

bears, wolverines, wolves, and billions of swarms of

mosquitoes.

tectonics See PLATE TECTONICS.

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