Covering over 58 percent of Alberta’s land-base, Boreal Forest Natural Region is an immensely huge and diverse wilderness integral to maintaining Alberta’s biodiversity. Boreal forest is among the ecosystems impacted by oil sands mining. Photo © C. Wearmouth.

The Boreal Forest Natural Region is the largest in Alberta. It consists of broad lowland plains and extensive hill systems. The bedrock is buried deeply beneath glacial deposits and outcrops occur only rarely along major stream valleys.

The boreal forest is deeply ingrained in the Canadian identity and the images foreigners have of Canada. The history of the early European fur traders, their adventures, discoveries, aboriginal alliances and misfortunes is an essential part of the popular colonial history of Canada.

2024年4月2日 · Canada’s boreal forest (270 million hectares) stores carbon, purifies the air and water, and regulates the climate. Because a large portion of the world’s boreal zone lies in Canada (28% or 552 million hectares), this country’s boreal forest affects the health of the environment worldwide.

Many of Canada’s most iconic animals can be found in Alberta’s boreal forests. Moose, bears, deer, wolves, woodland caribou, Canada lynx, and elk all make homes there, along with smaller animals like snowshoe hares, lemmings and beavers. There are about 85 mammal species that live in the boreal forest.

2023年12月12日 · Boreal Sub-arctic Sub-region. All five Natural Landscape Types that define this Subregion have excellent representation within Caribou Mountains Wildland Park and Wood Buffalo National Park.

Bordered to the north by treeless arctic tundra and to the south by temperate forest or grassland, the zone includes three ecologically distinct subzones: the northern boreal woodland, the main boreal forest and the southern boreal forest.

Look at any map of Alberta and you will see them: The Athabasca, Smoky, Peace, Chinchaga and Hay, tracing sinuous patterns across the vast northern half of the province, a lightly populated and little-known region of dark forests and muskegs. This is the Boreal Forest Region which comprises 48 percent of Alberta.

2024年3月27日 · The boreal zone is the wide area that lies between the treeless tundra of the arctic zone in northern Canada and the temperate zone in southern Canada. The boreal forest is the forested area within the larger boreal zone. Here are 8 more facts about the boreal zone and Canada’s boreal forest. 1. The boreal zone circles the world

Canada will soon have the largest protected boreal forest - an area twice the size of Belgium - on the planet. About 1.6 million hectares of land in the province of Alberta are being converted into new or expanded provincial parks.