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boreal forest in Alaska
boreal forests: Eastern Hemisphere
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boreal forest vegetation profile
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American mink
downy woodpecker
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Alaska: boreal forest
birch trees and conifers, West Siberian Plain
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
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