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Human Settlements

northern island sea

In the Arctic, basically all parts are covered up with water. It is the world’s largest northern inland sea. 30% of the water runoffs in Canada and flows into the rivers of Hudson Bay and James Bay, about 20% of the water. The Arctic Lowland is on the boarder of Manitoba and is covered in ice during all year long. This means that it would be hard for people to survive and to live there because of the climate. Altogether, more than 30 Inuit and First Nations communities has a total population of about 30,000 people. From Churchill to Rankin Inlet to Puvirnituq, families rely on the water systems of this region. There is more beluga whales than the population of the Hudson Bay, Arctic. An estimate of 57, 000 beluga whales returns each summer. Fishes and birds are more likelier or easier to spot than humans. Therefore, large homes for humans in the Arctic is rare.

Bordage, D., and J.L. Savard. 1995. Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra). Hudson Bay: Oceans North Canada. http:/www.oceansnorth.org/hudson-bay-estuaries

shelter

Economic Activities

Location and Landscape

fishery

Arctic Lowlands

The Arctic Lowlands is located near the Upland Areas. It is made up of series of islands. The region includes Banks and Victoria islands, Yukon's coastal plain and Baffin Island's Lowlands. Most of the Arctic Lowland is in Nunavut. Arctic Lowlands are plains located in Northern Canada. It is between the Innuitian Region and the Canadian Shield. The Hudson Bay Lowlands looks like one piece of flat, low-lying area. It has streams that looks like they are running nowhere. Water lies, everywhere up to 50% of the surface is covered by water.

Arctic Lands: The Canadian Atlas. Canada: Canadian Geographic.

http://magazine.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms&sub=canadianlandforms_land_lands&lang=En

Hudson Bay Lowlands: Parks Canada. (3rd ed.) Canada: Wapusk National Park. http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/nation/sec4.aspx

Jobs around Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands is basically only mining, fishery and oil and natural gas. Since the water filled with nutrient salts, it is great providing food for starfish, sea urchins, worms, or molluscs. Most common fishes are salmon, polar plaice, cod and halibut. Transportation can be an issue.

Jan.11,2010. Hudson Bay Lowlands: Biodiversity. Ontario: Ministry of Natural Resources. http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Biodiversity/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_166949.html

Hudson Bay Lowlands

halibuts

mining

Climate

Arctic Lowlands

In January and February the Hudson Bay Lowlands is covered in pack ice. Till May, the ice begins to melt and to June the ice practically all disappears when cloudiness and fog increase. By July and August the temperature rises up to 10°C. During October and November, it starts to rain and snow caused by the heat and moisture from the water. In June, July and August, fog appears as warm air cools over the colder water. While in the summer months, the temperature rises to 110km/h and 150km/h in autumn. Winters are cold and long while summers are cool and short. In the Arctic Lowlands, summers can be really windy and dry. Winters can be mild as well as extremely cold and snowy. The ground remains frozen most of the year.

Hudson Bay. Mineral Resources, Canadian Encyclopedia Coryright 2014 Historica Canada. http://tce-staging.herokuapp.com/en/article/hudson-bay/

Hudson Bay Lowlands

snow geese

dolphins

shrubs and weeds

sandpipers

Plants and Animals

black spruce along river banks

Most plants in the Arctic Lowlands are low growing shrubs and weeds. The land does not include trees caused from the harsh weather they have. The animal, polar bears are known to be in the Hudson Bay Lowlands region. Polar bears migrate south to hunt for seals among the ice. In the northern regions, you can find animals like walrus, dolphins, and killer whales. To the coasts and islands, different types of birds like ducks, snow geese, gulls, swans, sandpipers, owls and crows gather together. Plants to the north has an area filled with black and white spruce and willow trees. Over two-thirds of its area is covered by treed and open muskeg and contains many small little lakes and ponds. Stunted tamarack and black spruce grows along river banks and other well-drained areas. There are many deciduous trees in this forest region. For example, white birch, dwarf birch and willow trees. Caribous are along the coastline in the summer and winter. Birds are everywhere in the summer of the coast.

2014/04/24, Hudson Bay Lowlands: Parks Canada. (3rd ed.) Canada: Wapusk National Park. http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/nation/sec4.aspx

July 10, 2012. Ontario's Forest Regions: Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario: Ministry of Natural Resources. http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Forests/2ColumnSubPage/STDPROD_091131.html

polar bears

sedimentary basin

Natural Resources

lignite (a form of coal)

sedimentary rock

Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands is made up of 40% of sedimentary basin in the center. From the Paleozoic sedimentary rock, which Lowlands formed, it contains lignite (a form of coal), oil and natural gas. There are also limestone, zinc and lead. These are the only natural resources because of the harsh climate they cannot plant. Therefore, the ground stays frozen most of the year.The best source are wetlands and peat, which is a natural resource.

Mineral Resources, Canadian Encyclopedia Coryright 2014 Historica Canada. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/mineral-resources/

oil

zinc

Hudson Bay -Arctic Lowlands

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