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High Arctic tundra
Tundra ecoregion of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Canadian High Arctic Tundra ecoregion encompasses most of the northern Arctic archipelago, from much of Baffin Island, Somerset Island, and Prince of Wales Island in the south, through all islands northward to the most northern island in Canada, Ellesmere Island.[3] Much of the northern islands are covered in ice, and the climate is very dry with as little as 50 mm/year in places. The ecoregion has very little human habitation, and most of the non-ice terrain is moss and lichen cover. The region supports viable populations of arctic mammals such as muskox, arctic wolves, arctic foxes, arctic hares, polar bears, and caribou.[2][4][5][6]
Canadian High Arctic tundra | |
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![]() Truelove Lowlands, Devon Island | |
![]() Ecoregion territory (in green) | |
Ecology | |
Realm | Neoarctic |
Biome | Tundra |
Borders | |
Bird species | 44[1] |
Mammal species | 10[1] |
Geography | |
Area | 464,788 km2 (179,456 sq mi) |
Country | Canada |
Territories | Northwest Territories and Nunavut |
Coordinates | 75.25°N 89.75°W / 75.25; -89.75 |
Climate type | Polar |
Conservation | |
Conservation status | Relatively Stable/Intact[2] |
Habitat loss | 0%[1] |
Protected | 9.9%[1] |