Beaufort Coastal Plain

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Arctic coastal plain ecoregion

The Beaufort Coastal Plain is a low-lying Arctic coastal ecoregion along the Beaufort Sea characterized by tundra landscapes, permafrost, and extensive river deltas and wetlands that support diverse cold-adapted wildlife.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Beaufort Delta region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic coastal plain ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
borderedBy Beaufort Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brooks Range foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecoregionCodeSystem WWF terrestrial ecoregions ⓘ
extendsInto Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic continuous permafrost ⓘ
extensive wetlands ⓘ
low-lying terrain ⓘ
river deltas ⓘ
tundra landscape ⓘ
hasClimate cold Arctic climate ⓘ
polar climate ⓘ
hasConservationStatus relatively intact Arctic ecosystem ⓘ
hasHydrologyFeature Colville River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuparuk River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mackenzie River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sagavanirktok River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
numerous thaw lakes ⓘ
polygonal ponds ⓘ
hasLandCover coastal marshes ⓘ
wet tundra ⓘ
hasSeasonalCharacteristic long, cold winters ⓘ
short, cool summers ⓘ
summer thaw of active layer above permafrost ⓘ
hasSoilType gelisols ⓘ
permafrost-affected soils ⓘ
hasVegetationType Arctic tundra NERFINISHED ⓘ
dwarf shrubs ⓘ
lichens ⓘ
mosses ⓘ
sedges ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Beaufort Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Slope of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
supportsSpecies Arctic char ⓘ
Arctic fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific salmon (in some rivers) ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ
muskox ⓘ
polar bear ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
snowy owl ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
oil and gas development ⓘ
permafrost thaw ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Mackenzie River delta → partOfEcoregion → Beaufort Coastal Plain ⓘ
Gwich’in Tribal Council (for Canadian Gwich’in) → regionServed → Beaufort Coastal Plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Gwich’in Tribal Council
this entity surface form: Beaufort Delta region