Naturally North: The Natural Regions of Nunavut (GNWT, 2000)
This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones of Nunavut—Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains—detailing their physical characteristics, climate, flora, fauna, and human populations. It explains how landscape, climate, and living organisms interact to define each ecozone and discusses protected areas as essential to maintaining ecosystem health and cultural heritage in the North.
- Date
- 2000
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development Government of the Northwest Territories, Environment Canada, Cygnus Environmental Consulting, Outcrop Ltd.
- Locations
- Nunavut, Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, Hudson Plains, Baffin Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Ellesmere Island, Lancaster Sound, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Grise Fiord, Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Broughton Island, Pangnirtung, Auyuittuq National Park Reserve, Bathurst Island, Polar Bear Pass, Churchill Manitoba, Akimiski Island, Twin Islands, Attawapiskat River, Yukon, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- temperature, precipitation, permafrost, glaciers, icecaps, climate, flora, fauna, caribou, muskoxen, arctic hares, arctic foxes, seals, whales, birds, fish, wetlands, tundra, boreal forest, water quality, wildlife habitat, protected areas
- Pages
- 20
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