It is a flat, artic region of Europe Asia and North America in which the subsoil is permanently ice-covered. It has limited drainage and a very short season of growth and reproduction due to its extreme weather conditions. Reptiles and amphibians are almost absent from Taiga. Animals like reindeer, polar bear snowy owl are mostly found in this area. The vegetation found here is coniferous vegetation mostly spruce with some pines and firs.
