Canada is subdivided into 15 terrestrial ecozones. An ecozone is the most general level of ecological land classification in Canada, defining an area where organisms and their physical environment exist as a system. Given their large size, the criteria for classification of ecozones is limited to broad common characteristics. There are 10 terrestrial ecozones located in the five provinces in the within the study area. These include, the Boreal Cordillera, Boreal Plains, Boreal Shield, Hudson Plains, Montane Cordillera, Pacific Maritime, Prairies, Taiga Cordillera, Taiga Plains and the Taiga Shield. Locations of these ecozones across western Canada is provided in the map below. Detailed description of each of these as well all the other Canadian terrestrial ecozones is available from Environment Canada.
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