LOCATIONThe Hudson Plains are found in parts of Ontario and Manitoba. Their area is approximately 350,000 km². The western boundary of the Hudson Plains is around Churchill in northern Manitoba, the eastern boundary is around Fort Rupert, the northern boundary borders Hudson Bay and James Bay, and the southern boundary is near from Kapuskasing, Manitoba. Moosonee and Churchill are the major towns in the Hudson Plains region, and lesser-known towns include Attawapiskat, Fort George, Eastmain, Fort Albany, Lake River, Winisk, Fort Severn and Shamattawa. the flat character of the land. The Hudson Plains are a fusion of boreal forest and tundra. Trees are rare and denser in the southern, wetter part of the ecozone. In this wetter zone, the variety of plants includes: clumps of sedge, cotton grass, sphagnum moss, dwarf birch, willows, white spruce, black spruce, larch, balsam, poplar, tamarack and jack pine. In the driest zone, the vegetation is shrubby and low. It includes Lapland oleander, crowberry, blueberry, cloudberry, reindeer moss, caribou lichen and herbs such as arctic avens, purple saxifrage, prickly saxifrage and lousewort. It is a flat plain area. The terrain consists of mineral soils, with some underlying outcrops of sandstone and shale. This land was created when the weight of glaciers depressed the Hudson Bay region and ocean waters flooded areas up to 300 km inland from the present coastline. Then, as the huge continental ice sheets retreated, drainage to Hudson Bay was blocked and lakes (Agassiz and Ojibway for example) formed in the middle of paper......-ums are also common .Fish species living in the streams and lakes of the Hudson Plains include northern pike, walleye, and brook trout. SUMMARY STATEMENTThe Hudson Plains Ecozone, in northern Ontario and parts of Manitoba and Quebec, is a wetland area. The climate is generally cool. The northern part of the ecozone is full of shrubs, but no trees, and areas further south contain forests. Wetlands contain vegetation such as moss and lichen as well as some trees such as willow, tamarack and black spruce. Further north and drier locations have vegetation composed of many shrubs such as crowberry and cornflower. In summer, the wetlands of the Hudson Plains attract millions of migratory birds, such as snow geese, Canada geese and king eiders. Mammals that can be found here include moose and black bear, but smaller mammals like muskrats and weasels are more common..