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Definition of Taiga
1. Noun. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taiga
1. a subarctic evergreen forest [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taiga
Literary usage of Taiga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1906)
"107 taiga-taiga District is described in Geological Survey Bulletin No. 15.
from which the following- table of returns has been taken: — Synoptical Table ..."
2. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1973)
"and verified with data from Jessop.6 ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF RIVER FLOODING AND
FOREST FIRES ON PERMAFROST IN THE taiga OF ALASKA Leslie A. Viereck INSTITUTE ..."
3. Human Geography by Joseph Russell Smith (1922)
"The northern forest belt of Asia—called the taiga —stretches eastward from the
Urals, ... The taiga is as large as the entire United States. ..."
4. Through Siberia by Jonas Jonsson Stadling (1901)
"FROM taiga to the town of Krasnoyarsk, situated on the western shore of the
Yenisei, the railroad runs more than 300 miles through the virgin forest, until, ..."
5. Through Siberia, the Land of the Future by Fridtjof Nansen (1914)
"... taiga and tundra : Hay in stacks : Still flat forest land : The first beds of
rock : Sushkov : Epidemic among hares and squirrels : Want of medical aid ..."
6. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"The varying Hare.—The Suslik.—Importance of the Fur-trade for the Northern
Provinces of the Russian Empire.—The Gold-diggings of Eastern Siberia.—The taiga. ..."
7. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1904)
"and its place is taken by schist of the type prevailing in the neighbourhood of
Talga taiga. ... taiga."
8. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"The taiga.—Expenses and Difficulties of searching Expeditions.—Costs of Produce,
and enormous Profits of successful Speculators. ..."
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