Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subarctic area of northern Eurasia and North America located just south of the tundra and covered largely with coniferous forests dominated by firs and spruces.
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- noun A
subarctic zone ofevergreen coniferous forests situated south of thetundras and north of thesteppes in theNorthern Hemisphere .
Etymologies
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Also known as the taiga, these are the lush coniferous forests situated in the high northern latitudes above the steppes and below the tundra.
Global Climate Change: An Accumulation of Cumulative Effects 2007
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Also known as the taiga, these are the lush coniferous forests situated in the high northern latitudes above the steppes and below the tundra.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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As soon as you mentioned i remember about how much i want kotobukiya's aisaka taiga but is a magazine exclusive, too bad for international buyers like me XD
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Maine), northern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, and northern Japan (Hokkaidō), the taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome. (wikipedia)
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle Rex Parker 2010
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She set her universe in Siberia during a warmer spell when it was not tundra but a mixture of steppe and taiga alive with wolf packs, mammoths, herds of game animals -- and the mighty Amur tigers, who leave an indelible pawprint in Animal Wife.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The House with Many Doors (or, at the Caucasus, Hang a Right!) Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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She set her universe in Siberia during a warmer spell when it was not tundra but a mixture of steppe and taiga alive with wolf packs, mammoths, herds of game animals -- and the mighty Amur tigers, who leave an indelible pawprint in Animal Wife.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The House with Many Doors (or, at the Caucasus, Hang a Right!) Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Having lived for over 30 years in the north of Scandinavia I have witnessed climate change and many of the effects on the nature here in the taiga belt.
Palin calls for Obama to boycott climate change conference 2009
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She set her universe in Siberia during a warmer spell when it was not tundra but a mixture of steppe and taiga alive with wolf packs, mammoths, herds of game animals -- and the mighty Amur tigers, who leave an indelible pawprint in Animal Wife.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The House with Many Doors (or, at the Caucasus, Hang a Right!) Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Having live over 30 years in the north of Scandinavia I have witnessed climate change and some the effects on the nature here in the taiga belt.
Palin calls for Obama to boycott climate change conference 2009
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As a teenager, he picked up a lifelong hobby - hunting game in the Siberian taiga, or forest.
seanahan commented on the word taiga
Good for Kird Apes.
January 1, 2007
skipvia commented on the word taiga
Another term for boreal forest, a subarctic biome characterized by conifers (mostly spruces), small-leaved deciduous trees (birch, willow, aspen), nutrient-poor soil, some permafrost, and relatively low precipitation which mostly comes as snow during the winter.
November 12, 2007
yarb commented on the word taiga
Also the name taken by a trendy (but good) Vancouver manufacturer of outdoor wear.
November 12, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word taiga
"At 68 degrees latitude, this is the taiga, a Russian word meaning "land of little sticks," the upper limit of the world's northern forests."
—James Campbell, The Final Frontiersman (New York and London: Atria Books, 2004), 65
September 17, 2008