Arctic foothills tundra

Arctic Foothills Tundra
Arctic Foothills Tundra
	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, looking south toward the Brooks Range
	1104. Arctic Foothills Tundra
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Tundra
Borders	Arctic coastal tundra; Brooks-British Range tundra; Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga; Northwest Territories taiga;
Bird species	64
Mammal species	31
Geography
Area	123,512 km2 (47,688 sq mi)
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Rivers	Noatak River, Colville River
Conservation
Conservation status	Relatively Stable/Intact
Global 200	Yes
Habitat loss	0%
Protected	67.8%

The Arctic foothills tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, lying inland from the north coast of Alaska. This is permafrost tundra with an average annual temperature below freezing.

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