Nahanni: The place
The South Nahanni Watershed and Nahanni karstlands cover 39,000 sq kms of boreal wilderness in the Mackenzie Mountains of Canada's Northwest Territories. The South Nahanni River, running through the heart of this wilderness, stands among the world's greatest natural wonders as it plunges over Virginia Falls, a waterfall twice as high as Niagara, and carves a passage through the earth as deep as the Grand Canyon.The Nahanni lies within the Boreal forest -- a global forest that wraps the northern hemisphere, and within the Yellowstone to Yukon region -- the mountain region stretching from Wyoming to the Yukon. Thus, protecting the South Nahanni Watershed and Nahanni karstlands contributes to CPAWS’ efforts to protect two globally important ecosystems.
