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Ecological Regions of North America Regiones 40° 45° 50° 55° 60° 65° 70° 75° 80° 85° 85° 80° 75° 70° 65° 60° 55° 1 NORTH POLE PÔLE NORD ° 7 0 0 1 ° d a n i PÓLO NORTE a 1 d d r l ° e 8 o a j n 0 n 0 F e d a e u d ° 2 e d S l r y e d n n R H r a a e E l G r 1 ° k o M c n i e 7 0 r r A A e 0 3 e R p d G o ° e M H URG ° U r 0 p r VN R r F B o A 1 G x O ° i R 6 m 0 0 U a ° 4 EDIN t ÓRSH S e U T l i C C m 1 5 ° i 1.0 ARCTIC CORDILLERA t 0 ° 0 o 5 S S f E T p CORDILLERA ÁRTICA S w o O 1 l 4 ° a 0 0 CORDILLÈRE ARCTIQUE r ° 6 I i A I c I e AST Glasgo S 1 ° C C 30° 0 F 1.1 ARCTIC CORDILLERA 7 Á N A 1 ° A 20° 80 BEL CORDILLERA ÁRTICA N ° I É 110° 90 100° e CORDILLÈRE ARCTIQUE R d n n er ol l DUBLI A o de c E c n M in in a ar l L T L e M co 1.1.1 Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps S in N M L I ’C Alert D A lin A O to I 1.1.2 Baffin and Torngat Mountains c N E C O k In let D Ye ECOLOGA ICD AL REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA lv Anadyr R e C O rto 2.1.2 N 2.0 TUNDRA L n T N Ba y A E TUNDRA A ’ C É S I C D L TOUNDRA C L H N 1.1.1 E S A I H S U T A L R L T E I S IS REGIONES IECOLÓGICAS DE AMÉRICA DEL NORTE 2.1 NORTHERN ARCTIC K E 2.1.2 M T M E S C H B C I E D ÁRTICO SEPTENTRIONAL A N T A L L N L H A H E IS N E A ) Q B L a L A ARCTIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE U R I A É n I S IZ - se D K A C L E n K D L Í i E N S N O m U I A V H d M E N 2.1.2 A i E 1.1.1 2.1.1 Sverdrup Islands Lowland T t E A RÉGIONS ÉJ COLOGIQUES DE L'AMÉRIQUE DU NORD U e E R MAGNETIC A E U S a A NO p E Q RTH POLE L K R L N r o E C N REYK 2.1.2 Ellesmere Mountains and Eureka Hills x D L K i H m S PÓLO NO D Point E RTE 1.1.1 U Ø a L B I Î MA PÔLE NORD Hope d GNÉ TICO 2.1.2 A R o MAGNÉTIQUE Pe 2.1.3 Parry Islands Plateau ar d y N Level I-III Nivel I-III Niveau I-III M E e C G l ha h n K ( Barrow ie R lo Prince LANDS 2.1.4 Lancaster and Borden Peninsula Plateaus A SVERDRUP IS 1.1.1 Bering Strait po la Gustaf H I r 2.1.1 R Estrecho de Bering B Adolf a M N E s Wilkins S s 2.1.5 Foxe Uplands 2.2.4 Détroit de Béring A Ballantyne tr e 2.1.1 Sea l U S 2006 E G Dease Inlet Strait Mack an D F 2.1.1 enzie d wegi O King Nor 2.1.2 Qimusseriarsuaq 2.1.6 Baffin Uplands S Isl R K R P and Smith Bay E T rince E o C S 2.2.1 A P 1.1.1 A 2.2.3 t ire atr o z o la ick 2.1.1 u 2.2.3 e l po Isla b 2.1.4 2.1.7 Gulf of Boothia and Foxe Basin Plains D n v e nd Nome u is Bay d i u B S e l q le Harrison M an L E A a b Hecla E E 2.2.2 Bay B e l and 2.1.8 Victoria Island Lowlands 2.2.4 E R e d 2.1.1 tiv Griper R A A a 2.1.1 E R xim M’ Clure Strait B iv U D ppro Bay 2.1.3 Jones Sound BAFFIN er F E Limite a 2.1.9 Banks Island and Amundsen Gulf Lowlands I Bathurst E N Prudhoe Bay O P A R 1.1.1 2.2.3 R R Y I BAY N S o M M S L A N D U r T elv S n s R o t E ille Is evo Pas u o B R land 2.1.4 D 2.2 ALASKA TUNDRA itka G n n E Island nd B A H Í A D E ch I Isla m d A D 2.1.3 TUNDRA DE ALASKA T A N U E 2.1.3 F BAFFIN TOUNDRA D'ALASKA 6.1.1 O G R B Resolute 50° I T ank B A I E D E s rrow Strait Lancaster Soundt 1.1.2 atlas.gc.ca nationalatlas.gov 2.2.3 2.3.1 2.1.9 Viscount Melville Sound Ba le 2.2.1 Arctic Coastal Plain Peel Sound n A W I BAFFIN 2.2.3 y 2.2.6 3.1.2 y t Is 2.1.8 n 2.1.4 l Pond Inlet E 2.2.3 la n a U 3.1.2 nd r 2.2.2 Arctic Foothills 7.1.1 6.1.1 ia et i 2.1.4 IQ N t 2.1.8 2.1.3 Somers 1.1.2 T WILDLIFE HABITAT CANADA / HABITAT FAUNIQUE CANADA t m C Amundsen Gulf B Island d R 6.1.1 a A Mackenzie A 1.1.2 E Kuskokwim Y y B CL 2.2.3 Subarctic Coastal Plains 3.1.2 E R CANADIAN COUNCIL ON ECOLOGICAL AREAS / CONSEIL CANADIEN DES AIRES ÉCOLOGIQUES Atka u 2.1.3 A D E 6.1.1 M S C k Bay 2.1.8 2.1.4 Î A o n Prince of Wales 2.1.5 F T 3.1.1 ’ L 1.1.2 R V ENVIRONMENT CANADA / ENVIRONNEMENT CANADA Bay C 2.2.4 Seward Peninsula Isla nd F E I s 6.1.1 l E s i D S a 3.1.3 Porcupin n C P e F 2.1.8 r I É ra t t H CANADIAN PLAINS RESEARCH CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA ta R nk o T S 2.2.5 Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands k Fairbanks lin c S N 7.1.1 3.1.2 iv G O T u R e V k n R 3.1.2 r B I li Home m ay 2.1.9 C T C k u 2.1.5 D 2.1.6 O R AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA / AGRICULTURE ET AGROALIMENTAIRE CANADA I A i O R h n lf Bay D I A a v a r I A 2.2.6 Aleutian Islands n F o E E Inuvik f T S e Prince A n 2.1.7 I ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, U.S.A. lbert S e B I r ou l O D T Unalaska nd o TIC D K o S R 2.3 BROOKS RANGE TUNDRA L 2.1.8 t Á E NUU h R A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, U.S.A. M i LA I S a B 1.1.2 PO V TUNDRA DE LA SIERRA DE BROOKS 2.1.9 L A 2.1.8 L O D A a N D Igloolik UL Bristol 6.1.2 c RC I TOUNDRA DE LA SIERRA DE BROOKS 3.2.1 k A CÍ A S INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADÍSTICA, GEOGRAFÍA E INFORMATICA (INEGI), MÉXICO 2.2.6 P A e o 7.1.3 n V N r Bay t z ce Taloyoak rin M i 2.1.7 P F I COMISION NACIONAL PARA EL CONOCIMIENTO Y USO E LA BIODIVERSIDAD (CONABIO), MÉXICO e rles N 2.3.1 Brooks Range/Richardson Mountains o Committee ha S D l R C l 2.2.5 Nettilling e i nd 2.1.5 r 6.1.1 2.1.8 a F Anchorage v 2.1.9 2.1.8 Isl 2.1.7 D INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA, SEMARNAP, MÉXICO S e 2.4.1 Bay FOXE 2.1.7 Cu 2.4 SOUTHERN ARCTIC Homer 7.1.3 r I mb 6.1.3 Kugluktuk erla Dawson nd CENTRO DE ECOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MÉXICO ÁRTICO MERIDIONAL Copper BASIN S 7.1.2 Queen Maud Gulf E N ou RCL nd ARCTIQUE MÉRIDIONALE C CI RCTI INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGIA, A.C. XALAPA, MÉXICO 2.4.4 A 2.1.7 Norman C 2.4.1 Amundsen Plains K o AmadjuakLake 2.1.6 7.1.2 odiak Wells pp 7.1.5 R Island er 6.1.4 m i 2.4.4 eat Bear Lake n 2.4.2 Aberdeen Plains Gr e Iqaluit 7.1.5 R 2.1.5 2.1.6 2.4.3 Central Ungava Peninsula and Ottawa and Belcher Islands 3.3.1 2.1.5 Fr 3.2.2 obi 7.1.4 d sh F er B R i v e r n o ay C u x 2.4.4 Queen Maud Gulf and Chantrey Inlet Lowlands o e S C ton h I k e mp a G c outha 2.1.5 nn B a m S el 3.0 TAIGA 8.0 EASTERN TEMPERATE FORESTS U o c and Hu L l sl dson T 2.4.2 I St TAIGA F 6.1.5 e rait BOSQUES TEMPLADOS DEL ESTE Aberdeen R Dé G Whitehorse Lake W 2.4.2 tr O n oit 2.1.5 TAÏGA FORÊTS TEMPÉRÉES DE L'EST O F elo s d’ LABRADOR N e Hud L h Baker L o son SEA N G F A T O R 3.1 ALASKA BOREAL INTERIOR O L M A R D E L 8.1 MIXED WOOD PLAINS A 3.2.3 L D S er A ° ALASKA BOREAL INTERIOR F E K iv A 45° 35 PLAINICIES CON BOSQUE MIXTO E A R 2.1.5 A 2.4.2 LABRADORM E R D U ALASKA BORÉAL INTÉRIEUR PLAINES DES FORÊTS MIXTES L 3.4.5 D A 2.4.2 L E S ’ K 7.1.5 Yellowknife Rankin Inlet 3.1.1 Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands A A v e r Ungava Bay 8.1.1 Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands L Juneau i LABRADOR T C A R 1.1.2 S Baie d’ Ungava 3.1.2 Interior Bottomlands K Great Slave A 8.1.2 Lake Erie Lowland A Ri O vi Lake 2.4.3 èr 7.1.4 7.1.5 L e Nain 3.1.3 Yukon Flats 8.1.3 Northern Appalachian Plateau and Uplands i a r d 6.1.6 Dubawnt ine A Y ik B s Kuujjuaq St 3.3.2 e George 3.2 TAIGA CORDILLERA 8.1.4 North Central Hardwood Forests P R N ll ive D S O i r U eu 3.4.4 TAIGA EN CORDILLERA H F A Fort Nelson r TAÏGA EN CORDILLÈRE 8.1.5 Driftless Area e x Nuelt e v 3.4.1 in u l i a s Lake I C R N e O v l S i 3.4.3 l y e 8.1.6 S.
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