Montane Cordillera

The Montane Cordillera is a geographic feature in south-central British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, Canada. A fertile ecozone spanning 473,000 square kilometres, it contains "two of the few significant agricultural areas of the province",Cite web
url=http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/vignettes/Terrestrial/mc/human.cfm
title=Human Activities in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone
publisher=Environment Canada
accessdate=2008-01-31] Creston Valley and the Okanagan Valley. Primarily a mountainous region, it consists of rugged ecosystems such as alpine tundra, dry sagebrush and dense conifer forests.Cite web
url=http://www.evergreen.ca/nativeplants/learn-more/montane-cordillera.php
title=Montane Cordillera
publisher=Evergreen Native Plants Database
accessdate=2008-01-31] The interior plains are encircled by a ring of mountains.Cite web
url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/pdf/ecozone11_e.pdf
title=Montane Cordillera Ecozone
publisher=Parks Canada
accessdate=2008-01-31] The area has a mild climate throughout the year, with typically dry summers and wet winters.Cite web
url=http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/montanecordillera/montanecordillera.htm
title=Montane Cordillera
work=Canada's Ecozones, Canadian Biodiversity project
last=Bernhardt
first=Torsten
publisher=McGill University, Redpath Museum
accessdate=2008-01-31]

It contains the headwaters for the Fraser and Columbia rivers. Within the ecozone are also found:Cite web
url=http://www2.parkscanada.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/htm/ecozone_e.asp
title=Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada
work=Teacher Resource Centre
publisher=Parks Canada
accessdate=2008-02-13]

*Banff National Park
*Glacier National Park
*Jasper National Park
*Kootenay National Park
*Mount Revelstoke National Park
*Waterton Lakes National Park
*Yoho National Park

It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Maritime ecozone, to the north by the Boreal Cordillera, to the northeast by the Boreal Plains, and to the southeast by the Prairies.

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