Is Siberia a kind of desert?

Strangely, there actually is one very small, but real and true desert in Siberia. The Chara Sands is just 3x6 kilometers, in the middle of the taiga. EDIT: Oh, an update to this answer. Turns out there is not one, but two deserts in SIberia. read more

Strangely, there actually is one very small, but real and true desert in Siberia. The Chara Sands is just 3x6 kilometers, in the middle of the taiga. read more

Siberia (/ s aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə /; Russian: Сиби́рь, tr. Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ( listen)) is an extensive geographical region, and by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia. Siberia has historically been a part of modern Russia since the 16th and 17th centuries. read more

The Siberian winter is indeed long and cold, yet summers are fairly warm — warm enough to allow for the cultivation of watermelons in western and southern Siberia. Although there is relatively little precipitation in eastern Siberia, and the winter frost penetrates quite deep, the climate becomes milder and warmer towards the west and south. read more

Siberian 'desert' At the end of the Pleistocene era - 10,000 years ago - woolly mammoths, rhinoceroses and tigers might have watched our progress from the riverside, and herds of horses, bison, musk-ox and Siberian antelope would have roamed the meadows and savannah to either side. read more