Naturally North, The Natural Regions of Nunavut (Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy, 2000)
This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones of Nunavut, detailing the physical characteristics, climate, vegetation, wildlife, and human communities of each region: Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains.
- Date
- 2000
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development Government of the Northwest Territories, Parks and Tourism, Environment Canada, Cygnus Environmental Consulting, Outcrop Ltd.
- Locations
- Nunavut, Canada, Northwest Territories, Baffin Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Ellesmere Island, Hudson Bay, Arctic Archipelago, Auyuittuq National Park Reserve, Lancaster Sound, Grise Fiord, Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Broughton Island, Pangnirtung, Polar Bear Pass, Bathurst Island, Arctic Coast, Yukon, Nunavik, James Bay, Churchill Manitoba, Twin Islands, Akimiski Island, Attawapiskat River, Toronto, Vancouver
- Parameters
- natural regions, ecozones, climate, temperature, precipitation, permafrost, glaciers, icecaps, tundra, boreal forest, vegetation, wildlife, caribou, birds, marine mammals, plant communities, fire ecology, wetlands, protected areas
- Pages
- 20
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