Permafrost is present throughout much of the region. The vegetation is transitional between tundra and taiga. Most of the region south of Ungava Bay is covered by open stands of black spruce interspersed with dwarf birch, northern Labrador tea, and lichens, with shrubs accounting for about 50 percent of the ground cover. Several major caribou herds make home in this region. Other characteristic wildlife species include moose, black bear, beaver, snowshoe hare and arctic fox.
Arctic char are abundant in all large abundant in rivers in the region, along the Atlantic salmon.
No national parks have yet been established in this natural region. No Protected Areas exist yet in this natural region.