Most people have their own ideas.about Siberia. However, everyone agrees that this inhospitable region is a unique land on whose territory you can find wild corners of nature, where for many years not a single person has been.
Foreigners are sure that these are endless snow-covered territories where you will not find any beast, bird or man. What is it really, and what is the nature of Siberia?
Territory
Sources indicate a different area of Siberia.On average, it is from 10 to 12 million square kilometers of land. The difference as much as 2 million is explained by the difference in the views of scientists: some believe that the Far East is part of Siberia, while others distinguish the Far East into a separate area. For this reason, the borders of the Siberian Federal District are quite difficult to define: from the west it is definitely the Ural Mountains, the Arctic Ocean borders the north, the border of our country stretches from the south, and the eastern borders cause many disputes - some scientists tend to consider the ridges of the Pacific watershed. In short, this region is located in high and middle latitudes. The climate of the main part of the largest region of our country is unfriendly, sharply continental and really harsh.
Nature
The nature of Siberia is extremely diverse, in no smalldegree due to the incredible extent of land. The largest areas of this part of the country are the West Siberian Plain, the Central Siberian Plateau, the mountains of the Northeast, and the mountains of Southern Siberia.
Siberian wildlife varies predominantly withsouth towards north. One can trace the apparent separation of natural zones in forest-steppe, tundra, etc. In the forest-tundra and tundra, moss, lichen, and perennial grasses are most common. The most typical for the lands of Siberia is taiga. Coniferous forests stretch over an area of up to 2 thousand kilometers with no signs of habitation. Dark coniferous taiga is formed mainly of fir and spruce. Also, you can often find Siberian cedar. Taiga with light needles is more typical for places to the east of the Yenisei. Basically this taiga is Dahurian larch. Incredible natural monument - lime island, located in the Altai.
To the south of the taiga nature of Western Siberiarepresented by steppes and forest-steppes. Actually, this is exactly the area where wild nature ends. It was these territories that were most affected by the presence of a person and the consequences of his economic activity. Former steppes are now turned into arable land, beautiful marshy meadows - into hayfields. Some unique animals today are remembered only by rare survivors. The nature of Siberia has lost many species of animals forever, some of them can still be seen in local reserves.
Flora
The flora of mountainous areas is very diverse,This is especially clearly seen in the conditions of high-altitude. So, the foothills represent the vegetation of the steppes, the slopes - mountainous taiga massifs, high ridges - treeless landscapes, rich in forbs, tundras and stone placers.
Such a rich nature of Siberia has quitelong list of rare plants. Only in Siberia there is a large-flowered slipper, a high bait, Baikal anemone and many other plants inscribed on the pages of the Red Book.
