Taiga Biome World Map

It is also known to be the world’s largest land biome, and being located with latitudes being between 50° and 70° north. Boreal forests, also called taiga, cover much of the planet’s northern latitudes, while tropical forests are a common feature in equatorial countries. Overlying formerly glaciated areas and areas of patchy permafrost on both continents, the forest is mosaic of successional and subclimax plant communities sensitive to varying environmental conditions.

It stretches over eurasia and north america. Location of taiga biome the taiga biome stretches in the northern hemisphere, taking huge chunks of north america and eurasia, especially canada and russia, respectively. The boreal forest/ taiga is found in the northern circumpolar.

A mixture of pictures and descriptions will help them to visualise what a taiga forest looks like and the animals and plants that live there.

It also stretches in northern europe in countries such as finland, norway and sweden and spans across alaska and scandinavia. In the european continent, the taiga is in finland, sweden, norway, and russia. As you can see the boreal forest/taiga is stretched over europe, asia, and north america. The map shows the distribution of the global ecosystems or biomes.