1. Taiga Shield
By: Fiona & Nick

2. Landforms Swampy marshland and big bodies of water
Plenty of forests, hills and mountains
Very rocky with a lot of gravel and boulders
The land forms have been shaped largely by glaciers in the past ice age
There are a lot of bedrock outcrops

4. Climate Short, cool summers and long, cold winters
Winters are generally very long with long nights
Snow and freshwater ice-cover persist for six to eight months
precipitation ranges from about 400 mm in the south to about 200 mm in the north.
The temperature is usually from 7.5 c° to 17.5 c°

6. Vegetation The taiga shield has lots of trees
The soil is usually very thin
There’s always forest fires in the forests
The trees in the taiga shield endures forest fires
More than half of the taiga shield is covered of permafrost

8. Soils Taiga shield is a wet climate soil region .
The wet soil that lays in the taiga shield is good for mining and recreation
The soil in the taiga shield is not good for agriculture because it has a thick layer of permafrost and a thin layer of acidic soil
The taiga shield floods at times so there is a thin layer of acidic soil

10. Wildlife About 50 mammals are found in the taiga shield
During spring and migration there is plenty of ducks, loons, geese and swans
Lake trout, lake whitefish, arctic grayling, burbot and northern pike are all found in the water parts of the taiga shield
Three species of amphibians in the taiga shield
There are no reptiles in the taiga shield

12. Human Activities
Total population of taiga shield is about people
The gross domestic product is $1.1 billion
Tourism:
Hunting, mining, and trapping
- Very beautiful country side
- The Great Bear and Great Slave Lake that were carved by glaciers

14. Major cities
Yellowknife
Uranium City
Happy valley Goose Bay.

16. Interesting facts
The Taiga Shield contains some of the oldest rocks in the entire world.
The winters in this ecozone can last up to six months long.
The worlds oldest trees are the bristlecone pinesIs located in the Taiga Shield that is 4600 years old.

17. Bibliography
Clark, Bruce W., and John K Wallace. Geographic Issues Of the 21st century. Toronto, ON : Pearson Education Canada,
Canada, Parks. Parks Canada , "ParksCanada.gc.ca." Last modified Accessed October 3, learn/prof/itm2- crp- trc/htm/ecozone_e.asp.
Author , Unknown. Ecological Framework of Canada, "Taiga Shield Ecozone." Last modified Accessed October 3,