At the end of the Pleistocene era - 10,000 years ago - woolly mammoths, rhinoceroses and tigers might have watched our progress from the riverside, and herds of horses, bison, musk-ox and Siberian antelope would have roamed the meadows and savannah to either side.
But now all I can see on the banks are dense willow shrubs, and the only predators are shifting clouds of mosquitoes waiting for me to disembark.
Ten thousand years ago, as the climate warmed, the grass gave way to moss and forest, habitats disappeared, and the large mammals went with them.
Or so the theory goes. But Sergei reckons climate had little to do with it and that all these animals would be thriving here now, if it hadn't been for man overhunting them to extinction.
Sibera is a region of Northern Asia, mostly in Russia. I the southern part it is largely evergreen forest (particularly a type of tree called Taiga). In the north it is too cold for trees and is covered in tundra. The soils here a very swampy, with deep peat deposits. It typically has about 400mm of rainfall per year
So it is not a desert. It is a forest and a tundra. See source for suggested colouring
Siberia is partly a tundra biome and a taiga biome. Depending on your classification system, it should be colored in two different colors, usually different shades of blue.
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Siberian 'desert'
At the end of the Pleistocene era - 10,000 years ago - woolly mammoths, rhinoceroses and tigers might have watched our progress from the riverside, and herds of horses, bison, musk-ox and Siberian antelope would have roamed the meadows and savannah to either side.
But now all I can see on the banks are dense willow shrubs, and the only predators are shifting clouds of mosquitoes waiting for me to disembark.
Ten thousand years ago, as the climate warmed, the grass gave way to moss and forest, habitats disappeared, and the large mammals went with them.
Or so the theory goes. But Sergei reckons climate had little to do with it and that all these animals would be thriving here now, if it hadn't been for man overhunting them to extinction.
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Does anyone know if Siberia is a desert?
I'm working on a school project and I'm supposed to label Siberia and I'm not sure if I should color it yellow as a desert.
Siberian Desert
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Sibera is a region of Northern Asia, mostly in Russia. I the southern part it is largely evergreen forest (particularly a type of tree called Taiga). In the north it is too cold for trees and is covered in tundra. The soils here a very swampy, with deep peat deposits. It typically has about 400mm of rainfall per year
So it is not a desert. It is a forest and a tundra. See source for suggested colouring
Siberia is largely covered by forest and tundra
Siberia is partly a tundra biome and a taiga biome. Depending on your classification system, it should be colored in two different colors, usually different shades of blue.
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Siberia, I hate hot weather
Yes an icey desert.
color it white for snow