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Forests of Sweden. Sweden is covered by 68% forest. [1] In southern Sweden, human interventions started to have a significant impact on broadleaved forests around 2000 years ago, where the first evidence of extensive agriculture has been found. [2] Recent studies describe a long-term process of borealization in south-central Sweden starting at ...
160,885 km 2 (62,118 sq mi) Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It borders Norway to the west (which is one of Sweden’s non- EU neighbours); Finland to the northeast; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east. At 450,295 km 2 (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe ...
Wildlife of Sweden. Located in the Scandinavian Peninsula, Sweden is a mountainous country dominated by lakes and forests. Its habitats include mountain heath, montane forests, tundra, taiga, beech forests, rivers, lakes, bogs, brackish, marine coasts, and cultivated land. The climate of Sweden is mild for a country at this latitude, largely ...
Skäralid River, part of Söderåsen National Park. Abisko National Park was established in 1909. Stream just over the tree line in Stora Sjöfallet National Park. The forest in Dalby Söderskog National Park. The hill Stenshuvud in Stenshuvud National Park. Gotska Sandön National Park is one of Sweden's oldest national parks.
Taiga or tayga ( / ˈtaɪɡə / TY-gə; Russian: тайга́ ), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga or boreal forest is the world's largest land biome. [ 1]
The Eurasian blackbird is the national bird of Sweden. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Sweden. The avifauna of Sweden included a total of 554 confirmed species as of June 2023, according to BirdLife Sveriges (BLS) with supplemental additions from Avibase. [1] Of them, one has been introduced by humans, one is extinct, and three ...
S. Sarmatic mixed forests. Scandinavian and Russian taiga. Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands.
More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation (20.1%), Brazil (12.2%), Canada (8.6%), the United States of America (7.6%) and China (5.4%). [ 2] Many of the world's forests are being damaged and degraded or are disappearing altogether. Their capacity to provide tangible goods, such as ...