Taiga Sheild

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Lowlands and Highlands

Ved Gurtaj Malhi

Algae

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Extinction

Ved Ryan Ung

threats to Biodiversity

Ved Dhaliwal Bvneet

Taiga Sheild

wild life

plants

all the plants in the taiga shield are categorised into 4 main parts/habitats, wet lands, shrublands meadows and open forests. the most common plant there is trees, there are lots of species there of trees including spuce, balsam fir, trembling aspen, balsam poplar and white brich. these speices of tree are found along rivers and streams, it can also be found on uplands. some more plants are Cat tail Water Parsnip Water Smartweed Water Horsetail Marsh Five-finger Willow Ground Juniper Dwarf Birch Sweet Gale Green Alder Paper Birch Black Spruce Labrador Tea Wild Rose

Landforms and Climate

of the shield is -24.5oC while the eastern part experiences slightly warmer winters with the average temperature at -11oC. The annual summers in northeast Quebec ranges from 5.5oCn to 11oC

The world's oldest rocks are found on the Taiga Shield in the Great Slave Lake. they were made near the beginning off earth about 4 billion years ago when the earth was only 500 million year old

some of the rocks and landforms there are Sedimentary rock Whaleback Glacial erratic Frost cracking Volcanic rock Glacial groove Glacial striations Chattermarks Granitic rock

Main topic

human activity

Subtopic

the population of the taiga shield is about 340,000 people. 60% is aboriginal, the population is made up of a few settlements. the location of which largely reflects the history of recent colonisation. the most popular actives are hunting, fishing and trapping. tourism is also pretty big because of the huge variaty of animal and plants and the site seeing