The Spatsizi Plateau is a plateau in the upper basin of the Stikine River in north-central British Columbia , Canada . Most of the plateau, which is a sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau , is enshrined in either Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park or Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park . It is flanked on the south and southwest by the Skeena Mountains , on the southeast by the Omineca Mountains , on the northeast by the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains , and on the west by the Klastline Plateau (another subplateau of the Stikine Plateau).
4-520: The name is an adaptation of a phrase in the Sekani language meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the area rolling on a particular red-coloured mountain, turning their coats red ( tspah =goat, tsije =red). The plateau is a large lava plateau , dissected by river valleys, and contains various small mountain ranges. Both the Stikine and Spatsizi Rivers have their sources in
8-604: A location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sekani language The Sekani language or Tse’khene is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia , Canada . Sekani has 33 consonants: Sekani has two tones: low and high. High tone is the more common tone. Syllables phonologically marked for tone are low. For example, tsun means ' dirt ' , while tsùn means ' meat ' . Nasalization of vowels
12-526: Is phonemic. The root * ghèl means ' scrape ' , while the root * ghę̀l means ' roll ' . Nasal vowels also contrast with vowels followed by / n / . The orthography of the Kwadcha Tsek'ene dictionary uses the following letters. In addition, ⟨wu⟩ represents / ʊ / , ⟨iii⟩ represents / iː / , ⟨ee⟩ represents / eː / , and ⟨aa⟩ represents / ɑː / . These words are from
16-644: The plateau. The climate of the plateau, which is of high altitude, is sub-arctic in nature. Isolated from the moisture of the Pacific Ocean by successive walls of mountains and other plateaus, the Spatsizi is semi-arid in many areas. The Spatsizi Plateau is the range of the largest remaining herd of woodland caribou in British Columbia . Other fauna in the area include mountain goats , moose , grizzlies and wolves . This article about
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