Editing Subarctic (section)

{{Short description|Region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic}}
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[[File:Biome map 06.svg|thumb|right|350px|alt=See caption|Global map of the subarctic region]]

The '''subarctic''' zone is a region in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] immediately south of the true [[Arctic]], north of [[hemiboreal]] regions and covering much of [[Alaska]], [[Canada]], [[Iceland]], the north of [[Fennoscandia]], [[Northwestern Russia]], [[Siberia]], and the [[Cairngorms]]. Generally, subarctic regions fall between 50°N and 70°N [[latitude]], depending on local climates. Precipitation is usually low, and vegetation is characteristic of the [[taiga]].

Daylight at these latitudes is quite extreme between summer and winter due to its high latitude. Near the summer [[solstice]] for instance, subarctic regions can experience an all-night period of either civil, nautical, or astronomical twilight (or in the northern reaches full daylight), since the sun never dips more than 18 degrees below the horizon. [[Noctilucent cloud]]s are best observed within this range of latitude.