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This coast has an arctic climate warm enough to allow plant growth in late-June, July and August only, and even then frosts may occur. On the whole this is a damper, wetter area than the Low Arctic tundra ecoregion that continues along the coast west of here to Quebec. [2]
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Beringia upland tundra: United States: Brooks–British Range tundra: Canada, United States: Davis Highlands tundra: Canada: High Arctic tundra: Canada: Interior Yukon–Alaska alpine tundra: Canada, United States: Kalaallit Nunaat high arctic tundra: Greenland: Kalaallit Nunaat low arctic tundra: Greenland: Low Arctic tundra: Canada: Middle ...
This list of ecoregions of North America provides an overview of North American ecoregions designated by ... Alaska Tundra 2.2.1: Arctic Coastal Plain 2.2.2: Arctic ...
The ecoregion covers the coastal fringe of Greenland, from 75° N latitude at Melville Bay, around the northern coast to 70° N at Scoresby Bay on the east coast. The coastal bands south of this are in the Kalaallit Nunaat low arctic tundra ecoregion. The coast is rugged, although less so than the south, with deep inlets from the sea.
The eastern edge is the Kolyma River, beyond which farther east is the Bering tundra ecoregion. To the north is a strip Arctic coastal tundra about 100 km wide, the Northeast Siberian coastal tundra ecoregion. The Okhotsk Sea to the south completes the outline of the ecoregion, but internally the Verhkoyansk and Chersky mountains (which are in ...
Pages in category "Tundra ecoregions" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... Arctic coastal tundra; Arctic desert; Arctic foothills tundra; B.
The main predators of the tundra are the polar bear, the Arctic wolf, and the Arctic fox. They all have thick white coats that help them blend into their environment and stalk prey. [ 5 ] The polar bear spends the majority of its time out on the ice hunting seals and sometimes when small rodents are scarce on land the Arctic fox will follow the ...