The interior part of Alaska receives the same amount of annual precipitation as Tucson, Arizona, but its landscape is far from desert-like – picture vast spruce forests punctuated by streams and field
Interior Alaska receives as little annual rainfall as Tucson, Arizona, yet its landscape is covered in vast spruce forests threaded by streams and open fields. © Shawn Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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