Taiga+Plains

= = = Table Of Contents =
 * Map of Ecozone
 * Introduction
 * Landform Region
 * Rocks and Minerals
 * Vegetation and Soil
 * Climate and Climograph
 * Fun Facts
 * Trivia
 * Sources


 * Map of Ecozone

The red area is the taiga plains.

> > q Landform Region > > In The East there is the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes and some of the world's oldest known rock formations. To the South are theBoreal Plains, and a big area of forests. There are a lot of wetland habitats. This area is home to the Whooping Crane, the only nesting area for the endangered Bird, the nesting grounds are on the Taiga Plains and the Boreal Plains. To the west there are the foothills of the Boreal Cordillera in British Columbia and southern Yukon, and the Taiga Corgillera further north. These two ecozones comprise the Mackenzie Moustains. Its northern borders are with the Southern Arctic ecozone in northeastern Northwest Territories, and the Arctic Archipelago Marine ecozone at the delta of Canada's largest river, the Mackenzie River. =q Rocks and Minerals =
 * Introduction

The ecozone consists primarily of Strata of Limestone, Shale, and Sandstone Sedimentary Rocks, and has become a flat plain with mostly rock plains & terrain throughout. The sedimentary layers contain rich natural oils and gas. The part, which is the mackenzie mountians, is more rugged with deep canyons and trenches cut by the river and its tributaries.

> These are the main trees and vegetation Dwarf birch, Labrador tea, willows, > bearberry, mosses and sedges are associated with the arctic tundra environment. Upland and foothill areas and southerly locales tend to be better drained and warmer. The mixedwood forest is characterized by white and black spruce,tamarack, white birch, trembling aspen, balsam poplar and lodgepole pine. The soil in this area is cold and hard so it is not good for agriculture. > > > This is the climograph for Yellow Knife. The left is the temperature in coleus. The right side is the precipitation in MM. The Average temperature in Yellowknife is 5.6 degrees. The temperature in this area is usually very cold. There are long freezing winters and short cool summers. > 1. The Taiga has a biome and environment group that is found near the Arctic Circle around the 50 degree mark. > 2. The taiga is a moist sub arctic forest with coniferous trees across North America. > 3. The sun stays up later in this area. On one day of the year the sun stays up the whole night and day. > 4. Most of the landscape has been virtually untouched by human activity. > 5. There is a large number of insect populations.
 * Vegetation and Soil
 * Climate and Climograph
 * Fun Facts

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 * Trivia
 * 1) What kinds of trees are there?
 * 2) What are the four main rocks?
 * 3) What is the name of the river and the Mountain?
 * 4) What is the average temperature?
 * 5) What bird has its nesting ground in this area?

q Sources 1. [] 2. [] 3. [] 4. [] 5. [] 6. [] 7. Clark, Bruce. //Making Connections Canada’s Geography//. Toronto: Pearson Education, 2006 8.