Naturally North, The Natural Regions of Nunavut (GNWT, 2000)
This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones (Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains) of Nunavut, detailing their physical characteristics, climate, flora, fauna, and human populations. It is part of the Northwest Territories' Protected Areas Strategy and emphasizes the importance of protecting key ecological areas across the North.
- Date
- 2000
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Government of the Northwest Territories, Parks and Tourism Department, Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Environment Canada, Cygnus Environmental Consulting, Outcrop Ltd.
- Locations
- Nunavut, Arctic Cordillera, Baffin Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Ellesmere Island, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago, Hudson Bay, Bathurst Island, Polar Bear Pass, Lancaster Sound, Auyuittuq National Park Reserve, Grise Fiord, Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Broughton Island, Pangnirtung, Beaufort Sea, Davis Strait, Simpson Strait, Northwest Passage, Southern Arctic, Yukon, Arctic Coast, Hudson Bay, Nunavik, Quebec, Taiga Shield, Canadian Shield, James Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Akimiski Island, Twin Islands, Attawapiskat River, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- climate, temperature, precipitation, permafrost, glaciers, icecaps, tundra, vegetation, flora, fauna, wildlife, caribou, muskoxen, arctic hares, seals, whales, birds, fish, waterfowl, wetlands, ecozones, natural regions, landscape, soils, frost-free days
- Pages
- 20
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