1. Ecozones of Canada

2. Introduction to Ecozones
Also known as an ecological zone
Ecozones – incorporate landforms, climate, soil, natural vegetation, geologic history and water altogether with human activities and wildlife
These all interact to form new “regions” called ecozones.
Definition: an area can be defined as a distinct ecological zone based on one of the features and human activities

3. Ecozones cont’d
All of these factors which make up an ecozone are connected – if one factor were to change it would change all the other ecozones
Example: change in temperature will change the plant growth and therefore the food supply for animals
Example: Increase in humans in an ecozone leads to a loss of farmland or forest because people use the land for urban uses

4. Why Ecozones? Well there are 15 different ecozones in Canada
We live in the Mixedwood Plains ecozone
Geographers had to consider the boundaries of these ecozones when making them, some factors were more impt than others
Example: climate had more of an impact when naming and creating the boundaries for those ecozones in the Arctic of Canada

5. Terrestrial – means having to do
with the Earth or the land

6. Arctic Ecozones

7. Arctic Ecozones

8. Taiga Ecozones

9. Taiga Ecozones

11. Boreal Shield

12. Mountane Cordillera

13. Hudson Plains

14. Mixedwood Plains

15. Prairies

16. Atlantic Maritime

17. Pacific Maritime