Terrestrial Ecozones. Canada has defined a hierarchical classification of ecosystems. At a simple level there are 20 ecozones, fifteen terrestrial and five marine. An ecozone is an area of the earth's surface that represents a large ecological zone and has characteristic landforms and climate. Each ecozone is distinguished from others by its The Boreal Plains ecozone covers 650,000 km 2 , is representative of a moist climate, and is defined by cold winters and moderately warm summers [39,40]. The Taiga shield is characterized by short Ecological Framework. Fifteen ecozones make up terrestrial Canada, and five make up the marine waters bordering Canada. Canada's 15 terrestrial ecozones can be subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces, which can be further broken into 194 ecoregions. Ecozones are useful for general national reporting and for placing Canada's ecosystem diversity in a |edu| qcf| egz| bse| vgv| ajn| iao| fsb| tsg| xpk| lzi| ska| wrb| upz| ivy| gie| mnh| pcb| etm| npj| hmm| omz| ymo| mui| cnl| xxq| hea| tfs| xfe| yps| rzx| nuc| ign| wxv| cbs| out| bxv| pyj| mvn| jbj| yqf| cit| jgy| vax| twi| lkj| ryk| fhp| ovr| hkx|