Montane Cordillera
Ecozone in south-central British Columbia
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The corresponding name in the United States for this ecozone, where it is classed as a Level I ecoregion by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, which is identical though differently-named than the CEC system, is the Northwestern Forested Mountains ecoregion.
Geography
It contains the headwaters for the Fraser and Columbia rivers and many of their tributaries, notably the Thompson and Kootenay.
It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Maritime Ecozone, to the north by the Boreal Cordillera Ecozone, to the northeast by the Boreal Plains Ecozone, and to the southeast by the Prairies Ecozone.
Ecoprovinces
This ecozone can be further subdivided into four ecoprovinces:
- Central Montane Cordillera
- Columbia Montane Cordillera
- Northern Montane Cordillera
- Southern Montane Cordillera
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Conservation
National parks
Seven national parks have been established in this ecozone:
- Banff National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park Reserve (proposed)
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Yoho National Park
Provincial parks
Dozens of provincial parks have been established in this ecozone. Some of the largest and most notable ones include:
- Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park
- Kakwa Provincial Park
- Mount Robson Provincial Park
- Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park
- Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park
- Wells Gray Provincial Park