Southern Interior Mountains

The Southern Interior Mountains are in the southeast corner of the province, and are home to large mountain ranges, thick forests and rich wetlands. Several large national parks cover parts of the Columbia Mountains and the Rockies, and these areas get huge snowfalls in the winter. In general, the winters are long and the summers are short.

Both coniferous and deciduous forests cover the mountain slopes and the valleys. Rivers and wetlands are found throughout the valleys in the area, and many of the ducks and other migratory birds in BC can be found in these waters.

The major cities are Cranbrook, Nelson, Revelstoke and Trail.

Animals

	Black Bear		Elk
	Long-billed Curlew		Mountain Chickadee
	Mountain Goat		Northern Flying Squirrel
	Osprey		Painted Turtle
	Pika		Spotted Leopard Frog
	Three-toed Woodpecker		Western Jumping Mouse
	Yellow Pine Chipmunk

Plants

	Alpine Larch		Black Huckleberry
	Engelmann Spruce		Grand Fir
	Mountain Heather		Prairie Rose
	Queen's Cup		Saskatoon
	Soopatallie		Thimbleberry
	Trembling Aspen		Western Red Cedar
	Whitebark Pine

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