Subarctic region

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The Subarctic region is a vast, cold, forested area of North America stretching across Alaska and Canada, characterized by boreal forests, long winters, and the traditional territories of many Indigenous peoples.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
biome boreal forest ⓘ
taiga ⓘ
characterizedBy boreal forest ⓘ
cold climate ⓘ
coniferous forests ⓘ
long winters ⓘ
short summers ⓘ
climateType subarctic climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalPractice seasonal migration for hunting ⓘ
use of birchbark canoes ⓘ
use of snowshoes ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
hasIndigenousInhabitants Athabaskan-speaking peoples ⓘ
Cree peoples ⓘ
Dene peoples ⓘ
Gwichʼin ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in

Innu peoples ⓘ
Métis ⓘ
hasSeasonalFeature permafrost in some areas ⓘ
snow cover for much of the year ⓘ
hasWildlife bears ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
lynx ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
moose ⓘ
wolves ⓘ
languageFamilySpoken Algonquian languages ⓘ
Athabaskan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
northOf temperate forest zone ⓘ
partOf circumpolar region ⓘ
southOf Arctic region ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Athabaskan-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples

Cree peoples ⓘ
Dene peoples ⓘ
Gwichʼin ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in

Innu peoples ⓘ
vegetationType fir forests ⓘ
larch forests ⓘ
lichens ⓘ
mosses ⓘ
spruce forests ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

Northern Athabaskan languages → spokenOn → Subarctic region ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages → region → Subarctic North America ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Cree peoples → traditionalTerritory → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Cree peoples → culturalRegion → Subarctic cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Woods Cree → region → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Nunivak Cupik → culturalRegion → Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Moose Cree → culturalRegion → Subarctic culture area ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Algonquian peoples → historicalRange → Canadian Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Chippewa → culturalArea → Subarctic cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Algic → geographicDistribution → Subarctic North America ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Nēhiyawēwin → region → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Ininīmowin → region → Subarctic North America ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Dene peoples → ethnographicRegion → Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Dene peoples → culturalRegion → North American Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Matonabbee → region → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Western Canadian Subarctic → partOf → North American Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Black Lake Denesuline First Nation → isIndigenousTo → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Eeyou → culturalRegion → Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Mide → hasCulturalRegion → Subarctic region ⓘ
Lockhart River → region → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Nitassinan → partOf → Subarctic region ⓘ
Kawawachikamach → locatedInCulturalRegion → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
ANLC → hasFocusRegion → Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
K’asho Got’ine → indigenousTo → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Dehcho → partOf → Subarctic region ⓘ
Ahtena → culturalArea → Subarctic culture area ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Sekani → culturalRegion → Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
Bering region → partOf → Subarctic region ⓘ
Oji-Cree people → region → Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region