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Tuya Lake

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Tuya Lake, located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, presumably derives its name from the presence of nearby steep-sided, flat-topped volcanoes, known as tuyas. [1]

40 relations: American black bear, Arctic grayling, Birch, British Columbia, Bull trout, Burbot, Canada, Fir, Fish, Forest, Gray wolf, Grizzly bear, Lake, Lesser scaup, Longnose sucker, Moose, Mountain, Mountain goat, Northern pintail, Oligotroph, Pacific Salmon Commission, Plateau, Prickly sculpin, Red-throated loon, Reindeer, Salmon, Slimy sculpin, Sockeye salmon, Stikine River, Tuya, Tuya Butte, Tuya River, Valley, Volcano, Wetland, White spruce, Willow, Wolverine, 131st meridian west, 59th parallel north.

American black bear

The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is a medium-sized bear native to North America.

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Arctic grayling

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae.

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Birch

A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Bull trout

The bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is a char of the family Salmonidae native to northwestern North America.

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Burbot

The burbot (Lota lota) is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Fir

Firs (Abies) are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Gray wolf

The gray wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the timber wolf,Paquet, P. & Carbyn, L. W. (2003).

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Grizzly bear

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos ssp.) is a large population of the brown bear inhabiting North America.

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Lake

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

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Lesser scaup

The lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter.

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Longnose sucker

The longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) is a species of cypriniform freshwater fish in the Catostomidae family.

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Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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Mountain goat

The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a large hoofed mammal endemic to North America.

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Northern pintail

The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.

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Oligotroph

An oligotroph is an organism that can live in an environment that offers very low levels of nutrients.

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Pacific Salmon Commission

The Pacific Salmon Commission is a regulatory body run jointly by the Canadian and United States governments.

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Plateau

In geology and physical geography a plateau (or; plural plateaus or plateaux),is also called a high plain or a tableland, it is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes.

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Prickly sculpin

Cottus asper is a species of fish in the sculpin family known by the common name prickly sculpin.

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Red-throated loon

The red-throated loon (North America) or red-throated diver (Britain and Ireland) (Gavia stellata) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere.

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Reindeer

The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as the caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia and North America.

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Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

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Slimy sculpin

The slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the family Cottidae, which is the largest sculpin family.

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Sockeye salmon

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, or blueback salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it.

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Stikine River

The Stikine River (Tlingit: Shtax'héen) is a river, historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 610 km (379 mi) long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and in southeast Alaska in the United States.

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Tuya

A tuya is a type of distinctive, flat-topped, steep-sided volcano formed when lava erupts through a thick glacier or ice sheet.

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Tuya Butte

Tuya Butte is a tuya in the Tuya Range of north-central British Columbia, Canada.

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Tuya River

The Tuya River is a major tributary of the Stikine River in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada.

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Valley

A valley is a low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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White spruce

White spruce is a common name for several species of spruce (Picea) and may refer to.

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Willow

Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997.

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Wolverine

The wolverine (also spelled wolverene), Gulo gulo (Gulo is Latin for "glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae.

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131st meridian west

The meridian 131° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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59th parallel north

The 59th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 59 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuya_Lake

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