Boreal coniferous forest

Japanese: boreal coniferous forest(英語表記)borealconiferousforest
Boreal coniferous forest

...Currently, mountain coniferous forests are called mountain taiga, and its southern limit extends south of the line in the western Altai, the Sayan, the Sikhote-Alin, and Hokkaido. In a broader sense, the term taiga or mountain taiga also includes the subarctic forests of Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska, which are called boreal coniferous forests or simply boreal forests in Western Europe and North America, and the coniferous forests of the Alps, Himalayas, and other high mountains. The taiga is the largest forest area on Earth, covering more than one-third of the total forest area, of which 55% is in Eurasia and 40% is in North America.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "boreal coniferous forest" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在は山地の針葉樹林を山地タイガと呼び分け,その南限はアルタイ山脈西部やサヤン山脈,シホテ・アリン山脈,北海道などで上記の線から南に突出している。また広義には,西ヨーロッパや北アメリカで北方松柏林boreal coniferous forestまたは単に北方林と呼ぶ,スカンジナビア,カナダ,アラスカなどの亜寒帯林や,アルプス,ヒマラヤその他高山の針葉樹林も,タイガ,山地タイガに含まれる。タイガは地球上最大の森林地帯で,全森林面積の1/3以上に及び,そのうちユーラシア大陸が55%,北アメリカ大陸が40%を占める。…

※「boreal coniferous forest」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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