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January 01, 1970
montane, cordillera, ecozone, defined, commission, environmental, cooperation, ecozone, south, central, british, columbia, southwestern, alberta, canada, ecozone, equivalent, level, ecoregion, united, states, rugged, mountainous, ecozone, spanning, square, kil. The Montane Cordillera Ecozone as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation CEC is an ecozone in south central British Columbia and southwestern Alberta Canada an ecozone is equivalent to a Level I ecoregion in the United States A rugged and mountainous ecozone spanning 473 000 square kilometres it still contains two of the few significant agricultural areas of the province 1 the Creston Valley and the Okanagan Valley Primarily a mountainous region it consists of rugged ecosystems such as alpine tundra dry sagebrush and dense conifer forests 2 The interior plains are encircled by a ring of mountains 3 The area has a mild climate throughout the year with typically dry summers and wet winters 4 Montane CordilleraConiferous forest in Yoho National ParkEcologyBordersBoreal CordilleraBoreal PlainsPacific MaritimePrairiesGeographyArea487 896 km2 188 378 sq mi CountryCanadaProvincesAlbertaBritish ColumbiaClimate typeCold semi arid humid continental and subarctic The corresponding name in the United States for this ecozone where it is classed as a Level I ecoregion by the United States Environmental Protection Agency which is identical though differently named than the CEC system is the Northwestern Forested Mountains ecoregion Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Ecoprovinces 2 Conservation 2 1 National parks 2 2 Provincial parks 3 See also 4 ReferencesGeography editIt contains the headwaters for the Fraser and Columbia rivers and many of their tributaries notably the Thompson and Kootenay It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Maritime Ecozone to the north by the Boreal Cordillera Ecozone to the northeast by the Boreal Plains Ecozone and to the southeast by the Prairies Ecozone Ecoprovinces edit This ecozone can be further subdivided into four ecoprovinces 5 Central Montane Cordillera Columbia Montane Cordillera Northern Montane Cordillera Southern Montane CordilleraConservation editNational parks edit Seven national parks have been established in this ecozone Banff National Park Glacier National Park Jasper National Park Kootenay National Park Mount Revelstoke National Park South Okanagan Similkameen National Park Reserve proposed Waterton Lakes National Park Yoho National Park Provincial parks edit Dozens of provincial parks have been established in this ecozone Some of the largest and most notable ones include Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park Kakwa Provincial Park Mount Robson Provincial Park Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park Wells Gray Provincial ParkSee also editCanadian Rockies Columbia Mountains Thompson PlateauReferences edit Human Activities in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone Environment Canada Archived from the original on March 21 2004 Montane Cordillera Evergreen Native Plants Database Archived from the original on December 16 2007 Montane Cordillera Ecozone PDF Parks Canada Archived from the original PDF on June 5 2011 Bernhardt Torsten Montane Cordillera Canada s Ecozones Canadian Biodiversity project McGill University Redpath Museum Retrieved January 31 2008 Secretariat Treasury Board of Canada National Ecological Framework for Canada Open Government Portal open canada ca Retrieved January 7 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Montane Cordillera amp oldid 1086013878, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
