Chilcotin River, Farwell Canyon, British Columbia
Taken on Sep. 12, 2021
This unusual landscape along the Chilcotin river in British Columbia illustrates the warmest, driest, lower elevations of the Chilcotin Ranges and Fraser Plateau. Here, the slopes are barren and the flatter terrain supports open grassland and shrubs, transitioning to open and then closed coniferous forest as one rises in elevation, visible in the background. The coniferous forest is more common throughout the region but these open areas are found along the major rivers.
