Northwestern North America

E352534

Northwestern North America is a subarctic region encompassing parts of Alaska and northwestern Canada, characterized by boreal forests, tundra landscapes, and the traditional territories of various Indigenous peoples.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northwestern North America canonical 2
Northwest North America 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
subarctic region
borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
climateZone subarctic climate
continent North America
hasBiome coniferous forest
hasEconomicActivity fishing
resource extraction
subsistence hunting
trapping
hasEcosystem boreal forest
taiga
tundra
hasFeature long winters
permafrost
short cool summers
hasLandscape coastal areas
mountain ranges
river valleys
tundra landscapes
hasVegetation lichens
mosses
shrubs
spruce forests
hasWildlife caribou
grizzly bear
migratory birds
moose
polar bear
wolf
includesPartOf Alaska
Northwest Territories
Yukon
northern British Columbia
northwestern Canada
isCulturallySignificantFor Alaska Natives
surface form: Alaska Native peoples

First Nations
surface form: First Nations in Canada

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
partOf Circumpolar North
traditionalTerritoryOf Athabascan peoples
surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Dene peoples
Gwich’in
surface form: Gwichʼin

Inuit
Nunamiut Iñupiat
surface form: Iñupiat

Tlingit
Yupik

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kutchin indigenousTo Northwestern North America
Beringian standstill hypothesis geographicFocus Northwestern North America
this entity surface form: Northwest North America
Western Conference Northwest Division geographicRegion Northwestern North America