taiga

Definitions

1. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. A lake in Alaska.
3. Alternative spelling of Tayga.
   alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Examples

“The mountains run⟳ from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west.”

“Like⟳ the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.”

“Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain⟳ a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange⟳ systems in their legs and nasal passages.”

CEFR level