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This portion of the ecozone abuts the Hudson Plains, which contains the world's "largest continuous wetlands" due to poor drainage of the ecozone. The resultant wetlands and bogs form the interface between the Hudson Plains and Arctic
Archipelago ecozones, as typified by Southern James Bay.
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winters with average temperatures below -30 degrees
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Archipelago is a vast marine ecozone with average water depths of 150 to 500 metres. It contains all of James Bay, Hudson Bay, the
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of Hudson Bay contain transient and permanent populations of waterfowl that are among the most densely concentrated in the world, and the northwest coast is home to one of the largest populations of
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Ecozones and ecoregions of the
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708:Categories
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490:References
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433:Arctic cod
419:migrations
411:shorebirds
336:Hannah Bay
288:Foxe Basin
275:Baffin Bay
171:Hudson Bay
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44:School of
465:Churchill
415:waterfowl
281:Geography
263:ice floes
195:Europeans
175:James Bay
83:Geography
469:Manitoba
445:narwhals
267:Polynyas
164:Canadian
105:Manitoba
98:Province
453:bearded
393:Ecology
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361:Nunavut
324:nesting
320:staging
259:animals
248:Climate
187:Ontario
162:in the
160:ecozone
120:Ontario
115:Nunavut
88:Country
62:Borders
57:Ecology
375:. The
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