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Hudson Plains Ecozone By: Deanna Pizzo Table of Contents Location Climate Geology and Geography Vegetation Animals Soils Humans Climate Graph Hudson Plains Hill shade map and slope map Fly Through Arc scene photo Bibliography Location The Hudson plains stretch from Manitoba to Quebec along the southern eastern edge of Hudson Bay. Climate Canada contains a quarter of the worlds wetlands, and the Hudson Plains ecozones poor drainage has resulted in the largest continuous wetlands in the world. Hudsons Bay moderates the temperature in summer, but the ice that covers it in winter prevents most of this; average summer temperatures are 11?C, but in winter the average temperature is -18?C. Precipitation ranges from 400mm in the northwest to 800mm in the southeast. It has short cool summers and severely cold winters. Geology and Geography The terrain here is flat, and the poor drainage encourages the creation of wetlands and bogs. Palaeozoic and Proterozoic sedimentary bedrock slopes gradually towards Hudson Bay. Vegetation Vegetation here follows two basic patterns. The first ranges from north to south; in the north, the terrain is treeless tundra, but in the more southern taiga trees appear, getting thicker as you move south. The second pattern follows altitude. The drainage here is poor, so the trees are only found at the drier higher altitudes, while the lower altitudes lack trees. Some characteristic tree species are black spruce, white spruce, and tamarack. Other plants include eriacaceous shrubs, cotton grass, sphagnum moss, northern Labrador tea, and Lapland rosebay. Legend 1. Black Spruce 2. Spruce Bog 3. Dead Black Spruce 4. Sedges, mosses, linchens 5. Rushes, horsetail Animals The assortment of animals is highest in summer, when migrating birds appear in huge numbers to breed. The region is more famous for its biting insect population, which takes advantage of the poor drainage to breed in huge numbers. A single hectare is estimated to be able to pro