Cold Climates
There are two types of Cold Climates:
- Boreal
- Tundra
Boreal
- 55 - 60 degrees, north of the equator
- Summers are very short with long days, 5 - 15 degrees
- Low precipitation 400mm/year
- Natural vegetation, is the Taiga, an evergreen coniferous tree
- Beavers, Martens, Bears
- Example of Country: Finland
Tundra
- Summers are short and cool, rarely above 5 degrees
- Winters are long and cold, as low as -35 degrees
- Large temperature range
- Precipitation (snow) less than 250mm/year
- Little vegetation because of extreme cold
- Animals - reindeer, arctic fox, polar bears, wolves
- Sealife - Norwhales, Seals
- Example of Country: North pole (arctic), South Pole (Antarctica), Extreme Northern part of Canada, Northern and midlands of Russia.