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Temperate

Temperate forests have four seasons, with warm summers
WOW!
and cool winters. Changing temperatures mean that the
animals and plants need to be ready for anything. Maple
trees

FACT FILE

» Location: Eastern United
States, Canada, Europe,
China, Japan, and parts
of Russia

Temperate forest

» Average temperature:
Between -22 and 86°F
(-30 and 30°C)
» Average rainfall: Between
30 and 60 in (75 and 150 cm)

Pine trees Brown bear catching salmon
Boreal

Boreal forests, also known FACT FILE
as the taiga, grow in cold » Location: Northern Europe,
areas near the north pole. Asia, North America,
Plants and animals that and Canada
live here need to be able to
survive low temperatures
for most of the year.

Boreal forest
» Average temperature:
Between 23 and 41°F
(-5° and 5°C)
» Average snowfall:
Between 40 and 43 in
(100 and 110 cm)
Snowshoe hare

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