Davis Highlands tundra

Davis Highlands tundra
Davis Highlands tundra
	Mount Thor in Auyuittuq National Park
	Ecoregion territory (in green)
Ecology
Realm	Neoarctic
Biome	Tundra
Borders	Baffin coastal tundra; High Arctic tundra; Middle Arctic tundra;
Geography
Area	88,084 km2 (34,009 sq mi)
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Coordinates	70°15′N 70°45′W / 70.25°N 70.75°W
Conservation
Conservation status	Relatively Stable/Intact

The Davis Highlands tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: NA1109) covers the Baffin Mountains on the northeast coast of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, facing Baffin Bay in Nunavut, northern Canada. The terrain is extremely rugged, heavily glaciated, with many deep fjords, and very cold.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] About half of the territory is moss and lichen tundra, the other half bare rock and ice. The region is wetter than the much drier regions to the southwest of the Baffin Islands.

^ ^a ^b "Davis highlands tundra". World Wildlife Federation. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve, using WWF data. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
^ "Davis Highlands tundra". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
^ "Davis Highlands tundra". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[wwf-1] "Davis highlands tundra". World Wildlife Federation. Retrieved March 21, 2020.

[ecomap-2] "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve, using WWF data. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

[dopa-3] "Davis Highlands tundra". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved August 1, 2020.

[eoe-4] "Davis Highlands tundra". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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