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  2. Eastern Temperate Forests - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Temperate Forests of North America are a vast and diverse region. Stretching inland from the Atlantic coast about 385 miles (620 km), they reach from Michigan in the north and Texas in the south; they cover the land of New England to Florida, Alabama to Michigan, and Missouri to the Appalachian Mountains.

  3. Appalachian temperate rainforest - Wikipedia

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    The Appalachian temperate rainforest has a cool and mild climate and meets the criteria of temperate rainforests identified by Alaback. [1] Temperature and precipitation are extremely variable with elevation, with rainforest conditions usually but not always concentrated around spruce–fir forests at higher elevations.

  4. Temperate rainforest - Wikipedia

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    A portion of the temperate rain forest region of North America, the largest area of temperate zone rainforests on the planet, is the Pacific temperate rain forests ecoregion, which occur on west-facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North America, from Kodiak Island in Alaska to northern California, and are part of the Nearctic realm.

  5. This rainforest is full of tiny, miniature creatures - AOL

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    While the animals in the Amazon are often larger than life, ... The Valdivian rainforest region in Southern Chile and parts of Argentina is one of the only temperate forests on the continent.

  6. Southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest - Wikipedia

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    The southern spruce–fir forest is home to an endangered species, the spruce–fir moss spider, and several threatened species. While red spruce is common throughout North America, the Fraser fir—a relative of the balsam fir—is found only in the spruce–fir stands of southern Appalachia. [ 5 ]

  7. North American inland temperate rainforest - Wikipedia

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    and the Australasian temperate rainforest, including the Tasmanian temperate rainforest and temperate rainforests in Eastern Australia and New Zealand. [5] It has been started to be recognized as an “inland counterpart” of the coastal Pacific temperate rainforest extending from Washington state up to south-central Alaska.

  8. Temperate rainforests of the Russian Far East - Wikipedia

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    Found within the Russian Federation, this area is one of the most productive and diverse forests in the world and also contains one of the highest endangered species densities on Earth. [1] While most temperate rainforests around the world have retained only a fraction of their historical range, these forests maintain the majority of their ...

  9. Wildlife of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The wildlife of Russia inhabits terrain that extends across 12 time zones and from the tundra region in the far north to the Caucasus Mountains and prairies in the south, including temperate forests which cover 70% of the country. Russia's forests comprise 22% of the forest in the world [1] as well as 33% of all temperate forest. [2]