BIOL 2903 Lecture 5: Hudson Bay Lowland lecture 5
15 Apr 2017
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Hudson bay lowlands natural history (lecture 5) - boundaries that are encountered include; the canadian shield (hilly area). At the west is the boreal forest, the south is canadian shield (boreal forest), going east is james bay, while the tundra is in the north. The hudson bay lowlands is one of the wildest untouched parts of the world. There are no roads there, only planes can access the area. The hudson bay lowland is sometimes called the northern boreal . The hudson bay lowland is underlain by sedimentary limestone. This makes the land very flat (low elevation 60 to 150m). The average temperature there is -3 to -6 thus a short growing season. It is also still feeling the effects of the glaciers (rebound) so land depression. Clay and silt deposits from the tyrell sea. Cold and wet conditions are ideal for sphagnum moss. Sphagnum moss creates a habitat called a peat land.
