1. The Natural Regions of Canada
Biomes
The Natural Regions of Canada

2. Biomes
Biomes are an ecological community of plants and animals extending over a large area
Biomes are usually named for the dominant vegetation type of the region

3. Natural Regions of Canada

4. Atlantic Region
Located at the northeast end of the Appalachian Mountain chain and consists of highlands, peninsulas and islands.
The Atlantic Ocean creates a moderate, cool, and moist maritime climate.
76 percent of the ecozone surface area is covered with forests.

5. Borreal Shield
the Shield is the largest of Canada’s terrestrial ecozones
Consists of coniferous evergreens well adapted to cold winters and short growing seasons
Boreal forest, mixed with innumerable bogs, marshes and other wetlands

6. Borreal Shield

7. Mixed Wood Plains of the St. Lawrence Lowlands
This ecozone is the most populated and the most productive of Canada
Navigable waterways, fertile soils, and a relatively mild climate
level with gently rolling plains but broke up by striking physical features (ex. Niagara Falls)

8. Endangered Grey Fox

9. Arctic and Taiga
Arctic is characterized by treeless tundra, carpeted with low-lying vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
The Taiga, by sticklike forests of spruce and fir, interspersed with immense wetlands.
the environment of these ecozones is fragile, slow to change, and easy to disturb

10. Taiga

11. Central Plains
Mostly grasslands in the south with parkland in the north
Insufficient moisture, poor drainage and intense cold and wind
Of all natural regions, the Prairies ecozone is the most greatly altered

12. Central Plains

13. Pacific and Mountains Made up of two noteworthy ecozones
Coastal Forest Zone
Temperate Rainforest distinguished by its coniferous forests
Interior Mountain Range
- Diverse range of landforms and vegetation and abundant wildlife
- Pine forests, alpine, grasslands

14. Pacific and Mountains