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The Caribou Mountains are a mountain range in northern Alberta, Canada, surrounding a saucer-shaped elevated plateau that rises 700 m (2,300 ft) above the surrounding lowlands.[1] The Caribou Mountains reach an elevation of up to 1,030 m (3,380 ft), making them the highest in northern Alberta. They rise north of the lower Peace River and are bounded to the north and east by Wood Buffalo National Park. The area was unglaciated during the last glacial period.[2]

Caribou Mountains
Location of Caribou Mountains in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation1,030 m (3,380 ft)
Prominence≈700 m (2,300 ft)
Coordinates59°11′32″N 115°35′33″W
Geography
LocationNorthern Alberta, Canada

Because of their unique environment, the Caribou Mountains Wildland Park (5,910 km2 (2,280 sq mi)) was created in 2001 as part of the Special Places program. The largest provincial wildland park in the province, its fragile ecosystem contains sensitive wetlands, permafrost habitat and rich bird breeding habitat. "A population of up to 120 wood bison, an endangered species, lives in the Wentzel Lake area in small groups of up to 15 animals."[1]


Geography


The region is an upland region surrounded by lowlands, but both are forested and are considered part of the Boreal Plains Ecozone by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation and the Mid-Continental Canadian forests by the World Wildlife Fund.


Boreal woodland caribou


"The Park contains relatively undisturbed and lichen-rich forests, favoured habitat for woodland caribou. About 80 percent of the range of an important population of woodland caribou is contained within the Park, and about a third of Alberta's population of this threatened species is dependent on the Park."[1]


See also



Citations


  1. Alberta Wilderness nd.
  2. "Caribou Mountains". Alberta Wilderness. Alberta Wilderness Association. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

References



На других языках


- [en] Caribou Mountains (Alberta)

[fr] Monts Caribou (Alberta)

Les monts Caribou sont un massif de montagnes dans le Nord de l'Alberta au Canada s'élevant de 700 m au-dessus des basses-terres environnantes. Leur point culminant atteint une altitude de 1 030 m, ce qui en fait le sommet le plus élevé dans le Nord de l'Alberta. Le parc provincial sauvage des Caribou Mountains, le plus grand parc de la province, a été créé en 2001 pour protégé l'environnement unique des monts Caribou.

[it] Caribou Mountains (Alberta)

I monti Caribou sono una catena montuosa che circonda un elevato altopiano a nord dell'Alberta, nel Canada occidentale.



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