Atlantic Canada

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Atlantic CanadasEcozones

• Emily Kocsis, Sara Jones and Mariam Soliman

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Ecozones in Atlantic Canada

• -In Atlantic Canada there are 4 different
  ecozones
• -They are Atlantic Maritime, Taiga Shield,
  Boreal Shield and even a bit of Arctic Cordillera
• -Each ecozone is different from the next.

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Atlantic Maritime
Area 196 000 km2 LandformsHills and Coastal
Plains ClimateLong, mild winters and moderately
warm summers.Precipitation 1000 to 1400mm
growing season approximately 180 to 210
days Vegetation Coniferous trees mixed with
deciduous trees. Soils Leached, wet climate
soils, because of precipitation Human Activities
Total population is 2 150 000 GDP 39.9 billion
forestry,agriculture, fishing, tourism and
urbanization. Major Cities Halifax, St Johns,
Fredericton, Saint John, Charlottetown.

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Taiga Shield

• Area 1 289 000 km2
• Landforms Plains and hills of Canadian Shield
• Climate Moderately long, cold wintersmoderately
  short summers precipitation 300 to 900mm
  growing season 100 to 140 days
• Vegetation Black Spruce, jack pine, paper birch,
  trembling aspen trees.
• Soils Thin, highly leached soils
• Human Activities Total population 34 000 GDP
  1.1 billion tourism, mining, hunting, trapping
• Major Cities Yellowknife, Uranium City, Happy
  Valley Goose Bay

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Boreal Shield
Area 1 174 000 km2 Landforms Plains and rolling
hills Great Lakes Climate Cool, short winters
relatively long, mild summers precipitation 700
to 1000 mm growing season 180 to 260
days Vegetation Coniferous mixed with deciduous
little vegetation still remains, due to
urbanization Soils Leached, wet climate
soils Human Activities Total population 14 016
000 GDP 325.2 billion urbanization,
agriculture, recreation Major Cities Toronto,
Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Hamilton,Windsor, London
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Arctic Cordillera
Area 239 000 km2 Landforms Innuitian
Mountains Climate Long Winters, short summers
precipitation less than 200 mm, no growing
season Vegetation Mostly just tundra Soils
Permafrost, tundra soils bare rock Human
Activities Total Population 1 000 GDP 0.12
billion hunting and tourism Major Cities Pond
Inlet, Clyde River, Broughton Island
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Conclusion

• Therefore, Atlantic Canada has four different
  ecozones, each with their own, very different,
  characteristics.

Bibliography
Clarke, Bruce, Wallace, John K.
Making Connections. Scarborough,
Ontario Prentice Hall Ginn Ontario, 1999.