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British Columbia is the most biologically diverse
province or territory in Canada. From the Pacific
coast to the heights of the Rocky Mountains, the
province encompasses a wide range of ecosystems.
The natural landscape includes coastal
rainforests, deluged with over three
metres of rainfall annually, and desertlike
steppes in the southern interior,
where precipitation seldom exceeds
350 mm. British Columbia contains
ecosystems, such as the enormous
boreal forest, that occur in many
other places in the world, as well as
highly specialized ecosystems such as
the winter-wet, summer-dry mild
climates of the Gulf Islands. What is
unique to British Columbia is the
complicated mixture of these
ecosystems across the province.
Starting in the 1990s, land- and
water-use decisions have focussed on
maintaining British Columbia?s
biological diversity.
Ministry of Environment, Land and Parks, Ministry of Forests. 1998. Biodiversity in British Columbia. Ministry of Environment
Keywords: biodiversity, environment, british columbia
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