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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.[1]

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  1. 43 relations: Arctic Archipelago, Arctic Cordillera, Arctic fox, Arctic hare, Arctic redpoll, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Bay, Baffin coastal tundra, Baffin Island, Baffin Mountains, Black-legged kittiwake, Bylot Island, Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Canada, Carex, Charadrius, Ecoregion, Eriophorum, Fjord, Greenland, High Arctic tundra, Ice cap climate, Köppen climate classification, King eider, Lichen, List of ecoregions in Canada (WWF), Middle Arctic tundra, Moss, Mount Odin, Mount Thor, North American Arctic, Northern fulmar, Nunavut, Permafrost, Pluvialis, Polar bear, Reindeer, Rock ptarmigan, Sirmilik National Park, Snow bunting, Snow goose, Thick-billed murre, Tundra.

  2. Ecoregions of Canada
  3. Tundra ecoregions

Arctic Archipelago

The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark) and Iceland (an independent country).

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Arctic Cordillera

The Arctic Cordillera is a terrestrial ecozone in northern Canada characterized by a vast, deeply dissected chain of mountain ranges extending along the northeastern flank of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from Ellesmere Island to the northeasternmost part of the Labrador Peninsula in northern Labrador and northern Quebec, Canada.

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Arctic fox

The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome.

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Arctic hare

The Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) is a species of hare highly adapted to living in the Arctic tundra and other icy biomes.

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Arctic redpoll

The Arctic redpoll or hoary redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni) is a bird species in the finch family Fringillidae.

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Auyuittuq National Park

Auyuittuq National Park (ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ,, "the land that never melts") is a national park located on Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, the largest political subdivision of Canada.

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Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Avannaata Imaa; Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.

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Baffin coastal tundra

The Baffin coastal tundra is a small ecoregion of the far north of North America, on the central north coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Davis Highlands tundra and Baffin coastal tundra are ecoregions of Canada, Nearctic ecoregions and tundra ecoregions.

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Baffin Island

Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world.

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Baffin Mountains

The Baffin Mountains are a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada.

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Black-legged kittiwake

The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.

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Bylot Island

Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada.

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Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary

The Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Carex

Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books).

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Charadrius

Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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Eriophorum

Eriophorum (cottongrass, cotton-grass or cottonsedge) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae, the sedge family.

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Fjord

In physical geography, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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High Arctic tundra

The Canadian High Arctic Tundra ecoregion encompasses most of the northern Arctic archipelago, from much of Baffin Island, Somerset Island, and Prince of Wales Island in the south, through all islands northward to the most northern island in Canada, Ellesmere Island. Davis Highlands tundra and High Arctic tundra are ecoregions of Canada, Nearctic ecoregions and tundra ecoregions.

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Ice cap climate

An ice cap climate is a polar climate where no mean monthly temperature exceeds.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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King eider

The king eider (pronounced) (Somateria spectabilis) is a large sea duck that breeds along Northern Hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia.

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Lichen

A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.

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List of ecoregions in Canada (WWF)

The following is a list of ecoregions in Canada as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Davis Highlands tundra and list of ecoregions in Canada (WWF) are ecoregions of Canada.

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Middle Arctic tundra

The Canadian Middle Arctic Tundra ecoregion covers a broad stretch of northern Canada - the southern islands of the Arctic Archipelago, plus the northern mainland of Nunavut and, across Hudson Bay to the east, a portion of northern Quebec. Davis Highlands tundra and Middle Arctic tundra are ecoregions of Canada, Nearctic ecoregions and tundra ecoregions.

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Moss

Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta sensu stricto.

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Mount Odin

Mount Odin is a mountain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada.

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Mount Thor

Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak (ᙯᕐᓱᐊᓗᒃ Qaisualuk "huge bedrock" or Kigutinnguaq "tooth-like"), is a mountain with an elevation of located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

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North American Arctic

The North American Arctic is composed of the northern polar regions of Alaska (USA), Northern Canada and Greenland.

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Northern fulmar

The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), fulmar, or Arctic fulmar is a highly abundant seabird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Permafrost

Permafrost is soil or underwater sediment which continuously remains below for two years or more: the oldest permafrost had been continuously frozen for around 700,000 years.

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Pluvialis

Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.

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Polar bear

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas.

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Reindeer

The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.

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Rock ptarmigan

The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized game bird in the grouse family.

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Sirmilik National Park

Sirmilik National Park (Inuktitut: "the place of glaciers") is a national park located in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada, established in 1999.

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Snow bunting

The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a passerine bird in the family Calcariidae.

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Snow goose

The snow goose (Anser caerulescens) is a species of goose native to North America.

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Thick-billed murre

The thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae).

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Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons.

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See also

Ecoregions of Canada

Tundra ecoregions

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Highlands_tundra