Editing Lower Mainland (section)

==Geography==
{{See also|Lower Mainland Ecoregion|Puget lowland forests}}
The region is bounded to the north by the [[Pacific Ranges]] and to the southeast by the [[Cascade Range|Cascade Mountains]], and is traversed from east to west by the [[Fraser River]]. Due to its consistency of [[climate]], [[flora (plants)|flora]] and [[fauna (animals)|fauna]], [[geology]] and [[land use]], "Lower Mainland" is also the name of an [[ecoregion]]—a biogeoclimatic region—that comprises the eastern part of the [[Georgia Depression]] and extends from Powell River on the [[Sunshine Coast, British Columbia|Sunshine Coast]] to Hope at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley.<ref name="EC196">Environment Canada. [http://ecozones.ca/english/region/196.html Ecoregions of Canada – Lower Mainland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516091638/http://ecozones.ca/english/region/196.html |date=16 May 2013}}. Ecological Framework of Canada. Retrieved on: 9 July 2011</ref>

===Climate===
One of the mildest climates in Canada, the region has a mean annual temperature of {{Convert|9|C}} with a summer mean of {{Convert|15|C}} and a winter mean of {{Convert|3.5|C}}. Annual precipitation ranges from an annual mean of {{Convert|850|mm|in}} in the west end to {{Convert|2000|mm|in}} in the eastern end of the Fraser Valley and at higher elevations. Maximum precipitation occurs as rain in winter. Less than ten percent falls as snow at sea level but the amount of snowfall increases significantly with elevation.<ref name="EC196" />