3+Taiga+Cordillera

 Taiga Cordillera Introduction  The Taiga Cordillera is an eco zone located in Canada. It mostly covers up Yukon Territories and South Western Parts of the Northwest Territories. The population of the Taiga Cordillera is not a lot. Most of the area of the Taiga Cordillera remains untouched and is home to the many different species like woodland caribous, golden eagles, mountain goats, grizzly bears, arctic ground squirrels and many, many more. The people that live in the Taiga Cordillera mostly relay on hunting and fishing.

Landform Regions  The Taiga Cordillera has many landform regions such as upland plateaus, rolling foothills, steep mountainous terrain and low -lying basins. The Taiga Cordillera has the northern part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. They also contain some of its wildest rivers, highest waterfalls and deepest canyons. The Taiga Cordillera contains mostly coniferous tress. The land is covered in with snow and ice for around six to eight months every year.



 Rocks and Minerals The geological history of this region began about half a billion years ago. At that time, much of the area was a shallow marine platform off the west coast of the ancient protocontinent that later gave rise to North America. Rivers flowing off the protocontinent deposited sand, mud, and gravel on this platform, creating the sandstones, mudstones, and shales that today make up much of the area's abundant sedimentary rocks. Limestone and dolomite, formed from the skeletal debris of marine organisms, are also common

Vegetation and Soil  The vegetation in Taiga Cordillera grows around Lichens, Low Shrubs, mosses and dwarfs. In some areas, it produces white birch and white spruce, in other areas it varies. Dwarf spruce and Dwarf willows are located in other areas. Permafrost effects parts of the region.



Climate  The weather in Taiga Cordillera is mostly cold and dry. In the winter, the temperature can go anywhere from - 25ºC to -30ºC and in the summer the temperature can go anywhere from 12ºC to 15ºC. It doesn’t rain a lot there, around 300mm per year but most of it is snow because of its cold <span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: green; text-decoration: none;">weather. The winters are usually long, cold and dark and the summers are short and cool. The Taiga Cordillera has Maritime Climate.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Tourism The Northern Yukon Park Scenery is what attracts tourists the most, others to be things like hunting, wild photography ect. Tourism is another way people living in the Taiga Cordillera make a living, others listed above.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Fun Facts <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Did you know.....
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Taiga Cordillera has a Population of about 200 people. (they don't want to live there because its too cold)
 * Northern Yukon Park is the scenery that attracts tourists.
 * Taiga Cordillera has only a few hours of daylight and short summers.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Ecozone's <span style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; text-decoration: none;">Future <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **The Taiga Cordillera Ecozone is a land of magnificent beauty. It is a mountain stronghold of towering peaks, untamed rivers slicing their way between sheer rock walls, broad windswept uplands dominated by alpine and arctic shrubs and flowers, plus vast wetlands and spruce-lined valleys that support many kinds of wildlife. This land hosts some of Canada's deepest canyons,** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**largest waterfalls, and wildest rivers.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**The diverse habitats, from valley bottoms to mountain tops, support a wide range of mammals, including bears and** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** two kinds of caribou.**

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Information : <http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/taigacordillera/taigacordillera.htm>. <http://ecozones.ca/english/zone/TaigaCordillera/index.html >. <http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/htm/ecozone13_e.asp >.

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