Urals montane tundra and taiga
The Urals montane tundra and taiga ecoregion covers the main ridge of the Ural Mountains - a 2,000 km by 300 km region. The region is on the divide between European and Asian ecoregions, and also the meeting point of tundra and taiga. It is in the Palearctic realm, and mostly in the Boreal forests/taiga ecoregion with a Humid continental climate, cool summer climate. It covers.Location and description
The ecoregion is centered on the Ural mountains, a range that reaches heights of. The western edge of the region is the Russian Plain, and the eastern edge is the beginning of the West Siberian Plain. To the north is the Northwest Russian-Novaya Zemlya tundra ecoregion, to the west are the Scandinavian and Russian taiga, Sarmatic mixed forests and East European forest steppe ecoregions, to the east the West Siberian taiga, and to the south the Kazakh steppe.Climate
The climate of the Urals is Humid continental climate, cool summer. This climate is characterised by long cold winters, and short, cool summers.Flora and fauna
Protections
Large federally protected areas in the ecoregion include:
