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  2. Seward Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Seward Peninsula is the westernmost limit of distribution for the black spruce, Picea mariana, a dominant overstory species of the region. Alaska's reindeer herding was concentrated on the Seward Peninsula ever since the first shipment of reindeer were imported there from eastern Siberia in 1892. [ 6 ]

  3. Climate of Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The climate of Alaska is determined by average temperatures and precipitation received ... the northern side of the Seward Peninsula is a desert with less than ...

  4. Seward, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Seward (Alutiiq: Qutalleq; Dena'ina: Tl'ubugh) is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States.Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approximately 120 miles (190 km) by road from Alaska's largest city, Anchorage.

  5. Mount McGhan - Wikipedia

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    Mount McGhan is located on the Kenai Peninsula on land managed by Chugach National Forest. [1] It is set 23 miles (37 km) north of the city of Seward in the Kenai Mountains . Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,275 feet (998 meters) above Crescent Lake in one mile (1.6 km), and 4,300 feet (1,311 ...

  6. United States rainfall climatology - Wikipedia

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    Across western sections of the state, the northern side of the Seward Peninsula is a desert with less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation annually, while some locations between Dillingham and Bethel average around 100 inches (2,540 mm) of precipitation.

  7. North American Arctic - Wikipedia

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    Due to the severe weather conditions, the region's flora and fauna has had to adapt to survive. [6] In addition to the extreme climate, permafrost and short growing seasons means that trees are unable to grow. [3] The indigenous peoples who migrated from other lands and settled in the North American Arctic also had to adapt to living conditions ...

  8. Kenai Fjords National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park covers an area of 669,984 acres (1,046.9 sq mi; 2,711.3 km 2) [1] on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, west of the town of Seward. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States, and is named for the numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field.

  9. Climate and vegetation interactions in the Arctic - Wikipedia

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    [6] [9] [10] [11] Understanding the processes that enable shrub expansion is crucial to defining climate feedbacks, improving Earth System Models, and projecting future changes in tundra ecosystems. [8] Tundra fire scar, July 2015: Mingvk Lake Fire, Quartz Creek, Seward Peninsula, AK. Photo was taken less than one month after fire.