Hudson+Plains

Hudson Plains :)

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 * Map of Ecozone
 * Introduction [[image:08hudsonplains_e.gif width="498" height="336" align="right"]]
 * Landform Region
 * Rocks and Minerals
 * Vegetation and Soil
 * Climate and Climograph
 * Fun facts
 * Trivia
 * Sources


 * Map of Ecozone

The Hudson Plains stretch from Manitoba to Quebec along the southern edge of the Hudson Bay. The Hudson plains are one of the largest coextensive wetlands on the planet. The Hudson Plains lowland lay on flat rock sloping slightly to Hudson Bay. This surface is made up of most wetlands, and raised sandy beaches. ** > > M y landform region is part of Hudson Bay. The Hudson Plains are low-lying and are swampy plains. The area of the Hudson plains is 359 546 km 2. The Hudson Plains have a 100 differnt plains. The Hudson Plains cover approximately a quarter of Ontario's landmass, and 3.6% of Canada's total area. The Hudson Plains is also known for coastal marshes and extensive tidal flats, with tidal marshes along the coast of Hudson Bay. The Palaeozoic and Proterozoic Sedimentary deposits overlaying the bedrock, have formed into a wide and level plain characterised by raised beaches and river deltas, with an elevation rarely exceeding 120 m. In the hudson Plains, thousands of depressions carved by retreating glaciers have formed into many wetlands, and lakes.
 * I ntroduction
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 * Landform Region
 * Rocks and Minerals

Rocks that are found in the Hudson Plains are Paleozoic, Proterozoic sedimentary rocks.The Hudson Plains are a flat and poorly drained terrain covered by a huge amount of wetlands.
 * Vegetation and Soil

Wet-climate soils is the soil vegetation for my region.Tundra, Boreal and Taiga is the Natural vegetation region for the Hudson Plains. Permafrost and ground ice keep the soil impermeable promoting the development of wetlands. Vegetation is similar to the arctic tundra and to a larger degree the taiga transitional forests. There are few trees in the Hudson Plains. Types of trees that are found in Hudson Plains are; White spruce, Black spruce, tamarack, and jack pine. Tundra is found in the Hudson Plains. Hudson Plains include increasingly dense forest. The soils are scattered permafrost, and poorly developed organic and permafrost soils.
 * Climate and Climograph

The climate region for Hudson Plains is Taiga. Hudson Plains have moderately long, cold winters, and moderately short cool summers.The average temperature is between -4 and -2C. The average summer temperature varies from 10.5 to 11.5°C, and the average winter temperature varies from -19 to -16°C.The precipitation averages are 400mm in the northwest and 800mm in the Southeast.It snows very little.The growing season is around 90 to 150 days.


 * Facts


 * 90% of the Hudson Plains is wetlands making it the largest wetland in North America.
 * Main recreation is hunting, fishing, and trapping.
 * Some of the animals that live amoung the Hudson Plains are the Woodland Caribou, White-tailed Deer, Moose and Black bear.
 * Trivia:)


 * What animals are found in the Hudson Plains?
 * True of False: 90 % of the Hudson Plains is wetlands making it the largest wetland in North America.
 * What is Hudson's Plains climate region?
 * What is the average temperature in the summer and winter?
 * What kind of rocks are found in Hudson Plains?
 * Where are the Hudson Plains?


 * Sources :)


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By: Taylor Lambert:)