Four seasons characterize the areas of the world that are home to temperate forests. The trees tend to be deciduous. They lose their leaves in the fall and sprout new leaves in the spring. Common trees in a temperate forest include maple, hickory, beech, walnut, oak, chestnut, and sycamore.
Many of Western Europe's major cities are located in the temperate forest regions. London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Moscow are perhaps the most notable. Scandinavian cities such as Helsinki, Copenhagen, and Oslo also lie within the temperate forests of Western Europe.
Shanghai and Beijing, China, are among the principal Asian cities in areas of temperate forests. In Korea the cities of Pyongyang, Seoul, and Pusan are in temperate forest regions. The entire country of Japan is in a temperate forest zone, including the major Japanese cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka.
All the major cities of the eastern United States are located in the region of temperate forests, including Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. The Canadian cities of Toronto, Montreal, and the capital city of Ottawa share the fall color changes typical of the deciduous temperate forest regions of northeastern North America.
The eastern portions of Australia are home to temperate forests different from those in the northern hemisphere. Vegetation is a mixture of temperate rain forest and eucalyptus woodlands. Australia's major cities of Brisbane, Canberra, Sidney, and Melbourne are all located in the temperate forest region along the country's eastern shores.
