Cryosols of the Boreal, Subarctic, and Western Cordillera Regions of Canada

Cryosols are soils whose formation is affected by permafrost within the soil control section. In this chapter we define Cryosol as in the Canadian System of Soil Classification (Soil Classification Working Group, 1998) and we use the taxa from that system to describe the nature and distribution of Cryosols in three non-Arctic regions of Canada. The boreal, subarctic, and cordillera regions extend across the North American continent (Figure 2.4.1) to incorporate the zone of discontinuous permafrost and the southern portions of the zone of continuous permafrost.