ArcGIS

By: Brendan, Febronia, and Sam

Ecozones
Pacific Maritime: 49.1%
Montane Cordillera: 47.4%
Boreal Cordillera: 3.5%

Population:
The
Population
is roughly
310,000
people.

Pacific Maritime

Location
The Pacific Maritime zone is located on the west coastline or Pacific coastline
of BC, Canada. it is called the Pacific Maritime because Maritime means ocean
and it is bordering the Pacific ocean. The area is on the west side of the
Montane Cordillera, its neighboring ecozone.

Animals and Plants

Some examples of birds are: the Tufted Puffin,
the Turkey Vulture, the Bald Eagle and the
Northern Pygmy Owl.

Some plants in the Pacific

Maritime consist of: the
Lodgepole Pine, the Shore
Pine, the Douglas Fir, and
the Engelmann Spruce

Some of the herbivores include: Elk, Moose, Caribou, Beaver, Snowshoe

Hare. Some carnivores of the Pacific Maritime include: Black bear, Red
Fox, Marmot, and the Townsend chipmunk.

Climate
The climate is different from the rest of the ecoregions because it is on the coastline.
The weather is almost always wet and humid. Summer temperatures average 13C.
Winter temperatures average 1.5C. precipitation can exceed 4,000ml each year.
Summers in the area are usually cooler and winters are more mild. This ecozone
has the lowest temperature differential from summer to winter in the entire country.

Land Forms
The Misty Fjords is a national monument that contains beautiful valleys and
mountains. This national monument was formed single handedly by glacial
activity. The coastal mountains contribute to most of the space in the Pacific
Maritime. These mountains rise steeply up from Fjords.

Provincial Parks and Protected Areas

The biggest protected area in the Pacific Maritime ecozone is called Gitnadoiks
River Park. It is located in the heart of the Kitimat ranges on the BC coastline.
There are sport fishing areas all over this provincial park. Elevation can exceed
1 800 meters but can be as low as 100 meters in the valleys.
The light green
areas are the
protected
spaces and
parks

Animal that has Adapted

The Caribou has adapted to this environment by growing horns. This is to
protect the animal.

Boreal Cordillera

Location
This ecozone contains the
mountains of the southern Yukon
and of northern British Columbia.
The mountains towards the west
stop much of the precipitation that
would normally fall in the Boreal
Cordillera. This causes the region to
be rather dry, with less than 300 mm
of precipitation in this region.

Climate:
The mountains that fall west cause the precipitation to be rather absent in
the Boreal Cordillera. Precipitation rises up to the east, with up to 1500
mm falling on its slopes. One thirds to two-thirds of the precipitation falls
as snow. Average winter temperatures are -18C, while the short summer
averages 10C.

Animals and Plants

Mountain Goat

Black Bear

Wolf
Lynx

Moose

Grizzly Bear

Bison

Caribou

Some examples of plants include:

Labrador Tea, Mountain Aven,
Ericaceous Shrubs, Sphagnum
Moss, and the White Spruce.

Some examples of birds in the Boreal Cordillera

are: the Common Nighthawk, the Boreal Owl,
the Short Eared owl, the Common Snipe, and
the Blue Grouse.

Animal that has Adapted

The Grizzly bear has adapted to the mountains from the
grasslands because of agriculture. They also adapt to the
winter by hyrenating.

Protected Parks
Protected parks cover a significant portion of the Boreal
Cordillera.

Montane Cordillera

Location
The Montane Cordillera is located east of the Pacific Maritime. The Montane
Cordillera takes up about half of the portion of British Columbia, and a small
portion of Alberta.

Animals and plants

There are mammals that are herbivores and carnivores. Some examples of
herbivores in the Montane Cordillera: Caribou, Mountain Goats, Moose, the
Columbian ground squirrel, and the Beaver. Some examples of carnivores are:
the Grizzly Bear, Wolf, Cougar, Coyote, and the Red Fox.

Birds and fish species in the

Montane Cordillera are extensive.
there are 43+ bird species in the
Montane Cordillera.

Some examples of Plants in the Montane

Cordillera are: the Lodgepole pine, the
Alpine fir, the Western White Pine, Mountain
Avens, and Pine Grass.

Climate
The temperature in the Montane Cordillera averages in the summer to about
16C and about -3C in the winter. The precipitation ranges from around 5mm
to 32.5mm, the low being in March and the high being in June.

Protected Parks
There are over 20 large and small provincial parks in the
Montane Cordillera in our quadrant.

Animal that has Adapted

The snowshoe hare has adapted to different climates by adapting its color to
the different seasons. to camouflage and hide from predators.

Quadrant 4
Resources

Forestry
The amount of forests in our quadrant is HUGE. The coast contains record
breaking trees in size and age. Roughly four fifths of our quadrant is covered in
forests. That is roughly 147,930.9km2. Clear cuts are visible throughout our
quadrant, meaning that forestry has been very active here.

The small
indents that
you see are
clear cuts in
the forest.

Minerals
There are four metal mines in our quadrant. Two mines for copper, one mines
for gold, and the other mines for molybdenum. These mines are owned by:
Imperial Metals Corp, Thompson Creek Mining LTD, Barrick Gold Corp, and
Northgate Minerals Corporation.

The Blue
dots on the
screen are
active
mineral
mines.

Parks and Protected Spaces

Our sustainability quadrant contains a large amount of resources. The amount
of parkland in our sustainability quadrant is over 18,206.4km2 with over 50 big
and small provincial parks.

The green
masses on the
picture are
provincial parks.

Water (Hydro)
There are about 3 hydroelectric facilities in our quadrant.
Two of these facilities are owned by BC Hydro, and the
remaining facility is owned by Rio Tinto Alcan.
The blue dots
on the screen
represent
hydro
facilities.

Fishing
There is a large industry of fishing in our quadrant. All along the Pacific
Maritime there are many commercial fishing locations. Some examples of fish
in this area are: the Pink Salmon, Sockeye Salmon, and the Chinook Salmon.
These are
areas where
commercial
fishing for
salmon are
allowed with a
license.

Agriculture
There are agricultural areas in our quadrant that are good
in quality. We have a small amount of agricultural area in
the south-east side of our quadrant.
Areas like this where
there are clear cuts
can be made into
agricultural areas like
this one.

Ports
Ports are just as good as resources. They provide cheap
and easy transportation of resources. Transportation over
land is very expensive and hard, while overseas is cheaper
and easier. Prince Rupert is a port in our area.

Requested Cards
7 Parks and Protected Spaces Cards.
5 Minerals Cards.
7 Forestry Cards.
3 Agriculture Cards.
5 Fisheries Cards.
5 Water (Hydro) Cards.