Boreal forest Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
biome characterized by coniferous forests
About Boreal forest
This is a vast band of forests that ring the globe. It's too cold here for most leafy trees, so spruces, pine and larch dominate (varying between regions). It's so cold that the fire season is short, and fires are spaced many years apart, giving trees time to compete with grasses. Water evaporates slowly here, and tends to collect from year to year in every available depression. There are literally millions of lakes across the subarctic. Soils are generally poor and the growing season is short, so agriculture is limited but does thrive in small belts. The main lifestyles of most peoples indigenous to this region are hunting, trapping, gathering, and fishing. Forestry has been important for the last centuries in some regions – and in recent decades mining and hydroelectricity generatio
Boreal forest Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: