are canada, sweden, russia, and alaska cold
Similar to Artic Tundra, Alpine Tundra is also located in regions with cold climate. In addition, most of the precipitation are in the form of snow. However, Alpine Tundra receives more precipitation than Alpine Tundra; 50.8 cm of precipitation in a year. Three-quarters of its coastline belongs to Canada and Russia, with each owning territory along the Arctic straits, which, increasingly, are becoming ice-free. According to international law, no country owns the Arctic Ocean or the geographic North Pole. At the time, Great Britain and Russia were the big players in the Arctic and their 1825 Boundary Treaty established the boundary between what is now Alaska and the Yukon along the 141st W meridian and as far as “the Frozen Ocean.” That treaty is important to Canada’s claim in the Arctic. It makes up more than 40 percent of the country’s land mass; is home to 100,000 Canadians, 80 percent of whom are indigenous peoples; and the Arctic coastline comprises nearly 75 percent of Canada’s total 243,000 kilometre shoreline, including the shores of some 36,000 islands. Like Sweden and continental Denmark, Finland is not bordered by the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Circle crosses it about a third of the way south from its most northern point, neighbouring on Norway, which is roughly 1,700 kilometres from the North Pole. Finland’s Arctic region — Lapland — is inhabited mainly by the Sami. sámi Denmark has only recently begun to make claims to the Arctic, jumping into the fray with the other members of the “Arctic Five” (Canada, Russia, Norway and the United States), arguing that the Lomonosov Ridge — the same ridge Russia claims — is an extension of Greenland. Posted: 04/17/2014 11:03 am EDT Updated: 04/17/2014 3:59 pm EDT. Russian President Vladimir Putin quashed the possibility that Russia would annex Alaska while on a question-and-answer call-in show Thursday, adding that the former Russian colony is cold, too. Russia is a northern country and 70 percent of its territory lies in Northern and extreme Northern regions, Putin said, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti. The distribution of Tundra across the globe. As you can see from the picture, Tundra extends continuously across Asia, Europe, Canada, and Alaska. Compared to other biomes in the world, Tundra is a massive biome. Tundra is divided between two major areas/types: Vegetation : There is little presence of vegetation in a tundra biome due to the dry conditions, poor soil quality, and frozen ground (permafrost). The little plants that are present however, have to adapt to the harsh conditions mentioned before as well as cold, sunless days.
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