>>22346332>Subarctic Continential (Dfc/Dfd)Subarctic continental climate is the colder variant of humid continental climate. Here, the weaker sun leads to decreased water evaporation and longer winter, allowing it to support trees - specifically, conifer forest, also known as taiga.
The most famous examples of this climate IRL is, of course, the Siberian taiga, although it also covers a significant part of Alaska and northern Canada. As expected, this climate is too cold for many of the more common food crops, although cold-resistant crops like potato and cabbage can still be grown during the short, warm summer. Further up north, the severe cold weather can lead to formation of underground permafrost - ground that never thraws. Because water cannot pass through ice easily, rainfall will accumulate in the soil above, resulting in seasonal wetland. During summer, the melting ground will render the terrain virtually impassable.
>Alpine Tundra (ET)Along the mountain range that divides the country, alpine tundra dominates the highland above the tree line (1500m~2000m at this latitude). Here, the cold environment due to elevation prevents tree growth, meaning only hardy grass, lichen, and mosses can grow here. Above a certain point, the temperature falls to a point where permanent ice cap might form, leading to the even more bleak ice cap climate.
This climate is found in the highest points of the world, which IRL includes the Tibetan plateau and Yukon Ranges. As expected, this bleak landscape is borderline inhospitable without shelter, and the lack of food source means it is rarely inhabited on a large scale.
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