This ecozone is very sparsely populated, with only a few hundred inhabitants who rely on subsistence living and the tourism industry.

[1] Most of the area's population consists of members of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in the community of Old Crow, located on the Porcupine River.

[2] To the south is the Boreal Cordillera, to the east are the Taiga Plains, and its northern extent is defined by Yukon's coastline, at which it abuts the Southern Arctic ecozone.

The northernmost area is an arctic tundra which is beyond the tree line, so is characterised by small plants and shrubs.

To the northwest are rolling hills, throughout which are found broad wetlands reaching the coast of the Beaufort Sea.