FLORA AND FAUNA OF YAKUTIA
Yakutia’s nature is diverse. It includes the tundra, the taiga and the forest-steppe natural zones. Forests occupy the most part of the republics territory, that’s why Yakutia is often called a taiga kingdom. In clean and fair coniferous and mixed forests you can see pine-trees, fir-trees, larches, birches, cedars, abies, poplars, aspens and many others kinds of trees. The ground in the taiga is over-grown with moss, grass, mushrooms and berries. In the taiga we gather red whortleberries, bilberries, great bilberries and currants, strawberries, raspberries, hips, birdcherries and ashberries. In central Yakuta on the banks of the Lena lies the forest-steppe which is covered with a colourful carpet of flowers, grass and with grain fields. The tundra lies in the north of the coast of the Arctic Ocean. In it you can find dwarf trees, licken and moss. In the tundra live a white bear, a polar fox, a reindeer and some other animals. The taiga abounds in sables, foxes, hares, squirrels, siberian weasel. Near the water you can find musk-rats and others. Among birds there are a wood-grouse, a hazel-grouse, a partridre and a heath- cock. On the lakes and rivers you can see ducks, swans and geese. Our seas and rivers are rich in fish such as an omul, a sig, sturgeon, a white salmon, a pike, an eelpot. Rich and untouched lands attract tourists from all over the world. Taiga and tundra are excellent places for rest.
