British Columbia Regional Project By Zachary Flett Lucas Querengesser Molly Kubes

Climate British Columbia’s large size and topography means the climate varies greatly from area to area.

Summer in British Columbia Summer- time temperatures in BC interior cities usually surpass 86 degrees fahrenheit.Closer to the coast, average temperatures are around 78 degrees fahrenheit.

Spring and Fall in British Columbia Spring and Fall temperatures in BC are very warm compared to other parts of Canada, but at night the temperature drops greatly and it becomes a lot cooler.

Winter in British Columbia In winter, the greater Vancouver and greater Victoria enjoy a warmer winter temperatue compared to other places in BC and other places of Canada. However the interior of BC and up North in Whistler the temperatues are a lot colder. British Columbia also gets a a lot of rain in its winter months like November and December these are the moths were they get the most rain.

BC Climate Graph

British Columbia Population Graph

British Columbia Population A great deal of British Columbia population are between the ages of , this is like the rest of Canada, and it is because of the Baby Boom. A lot of the BC Population lives along the boarder of the US like everyone else in Canada, and there is not as many people living in Northern BC.

Landforms B.C is part of the Western Cordillera It has many mountains which are separated by plateaus and valleys. Mountains were made when North America and the Pacific plates collided. Mountains run north to south. Hard for transportation, to get through mountains.

Ecozones BC is made up of 5 ecozones. But is mainly covered by 2 Pacific Maritime It has the warmest and wettest climate in Canada. It contains big and ancient trees. The American black oystercatcher, chestnut- backed chickadee and tufted pigeon are birds found only in this region.

Ecozones #2 Montane Cordillera It has grasslands, sagebrush, coniferous forests, and tundra which vary from dry to wet and hot to cold 3 other ecozones are Taiga plain Boreal Cordillera Boreal Plane.

Soil Profiles in British Columbia Soil Landscapes that we can see are the product of soil forming factors acting on surface geological deposits over time. Factors influencing soil formation (or soil development) include kind of parent material, topography (or surface form), climate, vegetation, time and of course the activities of man. The surface of soil is characterized by its physical and chemical properties such as soil texture (or mix of sand, silt, clay), reaction and salinity. The resultant forms of these materials are further influenced by the climate and vegetation which it supports over time

Forage Cropland-Black Solonetzic profile

Brunisolic Soil A high base status shows that the soil can retain inorganic nutrients such as calcium and potassium, or that leaching is limited. The specific characteristics of the four great groups are as follows:

Whipsaw Soils The Whipsaw soils are an example of a Eutric Brunisol. They have developed on coarse textured fluvioglacial deposits in the southern interior of British Columbia near Princeton. The following description is from a profile on a southerly aspect at approximately 600 m elevation east of Wolfe Lake (49 ｼ 26'N, 120 ｼ 18'W).

Natural Vegetation in British Columbia Along the humid west coast, mid- to high- latitude coniferous "rain forests" occur, whereas many dry interior valleys, in the mountain ranges, have open woodlands and grassland communities. In the north, with its cold continental climate, are high latitude northern boreal forests. Small areas in south- western British Columbia in the rainshadows of the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island, have a mild, mediterranean climate which supports open grassy deciduous forests of Garry oak.