UMary Allen
I-taiga iwuhlobo olukhethekile lwehlathi le-coniferous elitholakala kuphela enyakatho ekude. Igama elithi taiga livela olimini lwesiRashiya futhi lisho: aminyene, angenakungeneka, amahlathi avame ukuba namaxhaphozi. I-taiga ikhona kuphela enyakatho yezwe, ngoba ayikho indawo yomhlaba eyanele eningizimu yezwe kule ndawo yesimo sezulu. Inhlabathi ye-taiga ihlala iqhwa unyaka wonke ezindaweni eziningi, ngakho i-permafrost.
I-taiga itholakala endaweni yesimo sezulu esibandayo. Kunobusika obude, obubandayo lapha neqhwa eliningi. Ihlobo lifushane, kodwa lingashisa kakhulu ngezinye izikhathi. Indawo enkulu ye-taiga esahambisana ngokugcwele nemvelo isemngceleni ophakathi kweCanada ne-Alaska. EYurophu, isibonelo, izindawo ezinkulu ze-taiga zingatholakala eSweden naseFinland. Enyakatho ye-taiga kukhona i-tundra.
I-taiga ibizwa nangokuthi "ihlathi le-Boreal coniferous". Okungukuthi, e-taiga ikakhulukazi izihlahla ze-coniferous zimila i-spruce, i-pine, i-fir, ne-larch. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ama-conifers ahlala eluhlaza. Ngale ndlela, bangasebenzisa ukukhanya kwelanga okuncane okukhona unyaka wonke ukuze bafeze i-photosynthesis yabo. Lezi zihlahla zincane kakhulu kangangokuba zikwazi ukuthwala iqhwa emagatsheni. Awaminyene njengasemahlathini ethu, ngakho-ke kunendawo eningi phakathi kwezihlahla, ikakhulukazi amajikijolo aluhlaza, nomakhaphethi abaminyene be-moss nolele. Kwezinye izigodi zemifula, kunezindawo ezimanzi. Ama-birches nama-aspens, okungukuthi izihlahla eziphukayo, nazo zingakhula lapho.
Izilwane ezincelisayo eziningi zomndeni we-marten zihlala e-taiga, kuhlanganise ne-otter. Kodwa futhi kukhona ama-reindeer, i-moose, izimpisi, ama-lynx, amabhere ansundu, izimpungushe ezibomvu, onogwaja, ama-beaver, ama-squirrel, ama-coyote nama-skunk, nezinye izilwane ezincelisayo. Kukhona futhi izinhlobo zezinyoni ezingaba ngu-300. Kodwa-ke, kubanda kakhulu e-taiga ezilwaneni ezihlala emanzini nasemanzini nasezihuquzelayo.