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Biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia are a classification system ciosed by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests for the
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province's many different ecosystems. The classification system exists independently of other
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systems, one created by the World Wildlife Fund and the other in use by
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, which is based on one created by the
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(CEC) and also in use by the
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The system of biogeoclimatic zones was partly created for the purpose of managing the forestry resource, but is also in use by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and other provincial agencies. A biogeoclimatic zone is defined as "a geographic area having similar patterns of energy flow,vegetation and soils as a result of a broadly homogenous macroclimate."
The biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia are:
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