Siberian Forests

The northern forests of the Taimyr country thin towards the tundra, following river valleys across a landscape underlain by continuous permafrost. Larch grows in the forest-tundra, while farther north low shrubs, mosses and lichens occupy the open ground. The Kheta and Khatanga rivers drain this vast lowland towards the Arctic coast. Summer is short, and the ground thaws only at the surface above the permanently frozen soil.