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Taiga Sheild:)

q ** Map of Ecozone ** q ** Introduction ** q ** Landform Region ** q ** Rocks and Minerals ** q ** Vegetation and Soil ** q ** Climate and Climograph ** q ** Fun Facts ** q ** Trivia ** q ** Sources **

The taiga sheild is located on both sides of the hudson bay, the eastern side of the sheild is located in the centeral portions of qubec and labrador, and on the western side is the northern portion of manitoba and saskatchewan.
 * __Introduction:__**

The Land form region the taiga sheild is part of the canadian sheild, The canadian sheild consists of roundedhills of rock were roots of ancient mountains are formed. The taiga sheild has been largley formed by glaciers because of the iceage. The taiga sheild consists of lakes and wetlands that are mostley in the depressions of the glaciers.
 * __Landform Region:__**

The taiga sheild consists of mostley igneouse and metamorphic rock. In the the taiga sheild they mine alot of minerals, but the most common minerals that they mine are metalic minerals like lead, gold, nickel, copper, and zinc.
 * __Rocks and Minerals:__**

The vegatation in the taiga sheild consists of wetlands, medows, scrublands and opend forest. There are lots of different styles of trees including jack pine and spruce, along the rivers you can find trees like white spruse, balsam fir, trembeling aspen, and white birch. The soil in the taiga sheild is very thin, there soil is very leached.
 * __Vegatation and soil:__**

The weather in the taiga sheild is moderatly cold they normaly have short cool summers and long cold winters. They have 300-900mm of prcipitation, the growing period is 100 - 140 days. The temperature normally ranges from (-28) - (+15).
 * __Climate and Climograph:__**


 * __Fun Facts:__**
 * Beutful scenery
 * Lots of outdoor things to do including Hiking,and canoeing.
 * The sheild is none for its minging alot of people mine in the sheild they mine lots of metalic minerals.
 * Very small population, they have a population of 340,000
 * Alot of people come up here to go camping or they have a cottage that is why the population is so small.


 * __Trivia:__**
 * What is the temperature range?
 * What is the most mined mineral?
 * What is the average growing period?
 * Name 3 trees that are found near the lakes and rivers?

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