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Permafrost tundra includes vast areas of northern Russia and Canada. [2] The polar tundra is home to several peoples who are mostly nomadic reindeer herders, such as the Nganasan and Nenets in the permafrost area (and the Sami in Sápmi). Tundra in Siberia. Arctic tundra contains areas of stark landscape and is frozen for much of the year. [5]
The Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1105) is an ecoregion that covers the central mountain range of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. The region is one of volcanos, caldera, geysers, and mountain tundra. It is in the Palearctic realm and tundra biome. It has an area of 119,400 square kilometres ...
The Northwest Russian-Novaya Zemlya tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1108) is an ecoregion on the north coast of European Russia. It covers the southern shores of the White Sea (the Kanin Peninsula), the coast of the Barents Sea east to the Yamal Peninsula, the southern half of Novaya Zemlya, and numerous inlets and islands.
The Taimyr-Central Siberian tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1111) is an ecoregion that broadly covers the Taymyr Peninsula in the Russian Far North. It ranges from the delta of the Yenisei River in the west, across the Taymyr Peninsula and Khatanga Gulf, to the Lena River delta in the east. The region is an important area for breeding birds.
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Russia: Chukchi Peninsula tundra: Russia: Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra: Russia: Kola Peninsula tundra: Norway Russia: Northeast Siberian coastal tundra: Russia: Northwest Russian–Novaya Zemlya tundra: Russia: Novosibirsk Islands arctic desert: Russia: Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands: Finland, Norway, Sweden ...
The following is a list of ecoregions in Russia, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF): Russia's 49 outlined terrestrial ecoregions, each of a colored biome , stretch across the Palearctic realm of Eurasia .
The Bering tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1102) is an ecoregion that covers a portion of northeastern Russia, between the Kolyma Mountains on the west, and the Bering Sea coast to the east. The area is an important stopping place for migratory birds. It has an area of 474,227 square kilometres (183,100 sq mi). [1] [2]