Ary-Mas
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Ary-Mas (Russian: Ары-Мас) is a forest in Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, southern part of Taymyr Peninsula, southern bank of Novaya River. Ary-Mas comes from the Dolgan language and means "forest island".
It is considered to be the northernmost forest of the world, although Lukunsky grove to the east from it extends six kilometres further north. Though, while Lukunsky grove is the northernmost rim of the larger forest massif, Ary-Mas is a forest island separated from the nearest forest by an approximately two hundred kilometres wide zone of tundra.
Climate
The vegetation period is approximately one hundred days long. Winter here lasts from late September - early October to June; minimum temperatures often fall below −35 to −45 °C, and wind speed in winter often exceeds 50 m/s.
The polar day lasts from the early May to early August, median temperature in July is 12 °C, often up to 30 °C.
Permafrost in summer thaws 0.3 – 2 metres deep. The thickness of permafrost here is approximately two hundred metres.
Biodiversity
The only tree-form species of Ary-Mas is Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii), but in total in Ary-Mas 306 species of plants, 90 species of birds, and 20 species of mammals have been found.
Dahurian larch grows sparsely, separate trees grow up to 5 – 7 metres tall.
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