Vegetation Regions - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Oct 25, 2010 · Canada has seven primary vegetation regions, in addition to the marine flora found along the country’s coasts. Vegetation regions are geographical areas characterized by distinct plant communities.
Vegetation Regions (Plain-Language Summary) - The Canadian …
Mar 21, 2023 · Canada has seven primary vegetation regions, in addition to the marine flora found along the country’s coasts. Each region is characterized by distinct plant communities. The plants in each region are mostly determined by climate.
Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective
Level 1 vegetation zones reflect the global-scale latitudinal gradient of annual net radiation, as well as the effects of high elevation and west to east climatic and biogeographic variation across Canada.
Physiographic Regions | Natural Resources Canada - Atlas
Abstract. Canada’s landscape is very diversified and comprises several distinctive areas, called physiographic regions, each of which has its own topography and geology. This map shows the location of these physiographic regions, including their subregions and divisions. These are the physiographic regions of Canada: Canadian Shield.
Physiographic Regions - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Feb 27, 2012 · Canada may be divided into seven physiographic regions. The Canadian Shield is the largest and oldest of these regions. The other six physiographic regions are younger and form two concentric rings around the Canadian Shield.
Canada's physiographic regions - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Canada's physiographic regions. Explore the seven regions of Canada in which climate and geology have given rise to an array of unique landforms and geographic oddities.
Vegetation Zones of Canada - Vegetation classification
Vegetation Zones of Canada. Vegetation zones are broad geographic areas that are characterized by distinctive ecological responses to climate, as expressed by vegetation, soils and water.
Geography of Canada - Wikipedia
Canada can be divided into seven physiographic regions: the Canadian Shield, the interior plains, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Appalachian region, the Western Cordillera, Hudson Bay Lowlands, and the Arctic Archipelago.
Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Canada's Ecozones - McGill …
Canada has fifteen terrestrial and five aquatic ecozones. To see the details of an ecozone, click on it on the map below or choose it from the list underneath the map. Arctic Cordillera | Northern Arctic | Southern Arctic. Taiga Plains | Taiga Shield | Boreal Shield.
Ecoclimatic regions are typically broad areas on the earth's surface characterized by distinctive ecological responses to climate, as expressed by vegetation and reflected in soils, wildlife, and water. Within ecoclimatic regions, the ecologically effective climate will result in the development of similar trends in vegetation