Climate and Landform
The Pacific Maritime ecozone has a maritime climate as a result of being situated directly beside the Pacific Ocean. This ecozone has some of the warmest and wettest weather in all of Canada. This ecozone has mountains all across the coastline, and contains some plains in the interior.
ClimatePacific Maritime ecozone has the warmest and the wettest climates in all of Canada. The Pacific ocean has a moderate influence to this zone, hence they have mild winters and cool summers. In the winters the ocean is warmer, when the wind blows over the land warming it up making the average temperature more warmer. During the summer the water is a lot cooler, so when the wind blows over it the land becomes cooler with the average temperature being more cooler. In January the temperature varies between 4 and 6 Celsius , and July varies between 12 and 18 Celsius. This zone receives as much as 3000 mm of relief precipitation, as it is located on the windward side of the Rocky Mountains. The moisture from the Pacific Ocean starts to rise along the mountain range. As the air mass's altitude increases, it starts to cool and condense into cloud, and then falls as rain. The climate here is very attractive to most people because it is mild and the winters aren't as harsh.
Vancouver Climate Chart, showing that the city has a winter maximum precipitation
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LandformThe Coast Mountains dominate most of the ecozone, rising steeply from the fiords and deep channels that line the Pacific coast. Glaciers and snowfields cap the tallest ranges. The ecozone includes Mount Waddington, at 4 000 metres B.C.’s highest mountain. The mountains of Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands, although not nearly as high, make up in ruggedness what they lack in elevation. Igneous and sedimentary rocks lie beneath most of the area while fallen rocks and glacial deposits predominate on the surface.
Major Landforms
Minor Landforms
Overall these few different landforms in the Pacific Maritime ecozone make this place look beautiful. One of the many beautiful land formations to see at the Pacific Maritime ecozone.
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