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Geography of Canada
Objective 1: to understand the climate and main geographic features of Canada.
Objective 2: to understand how Canadians interact with their environment.
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Quick Facts• Majority of population live near the U.S. border.• 2nd largest country (by landmass)• Most populous region is the St. Lawrence River
Valley• Arctic Archipelago – within the Arctic Circle • Canadian Shield – rocky area dotted with
thousands of lakes is largest physical region (2.8 million square miles! Over ½ of the country!
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Climate Regions
• Climate depends on temperature, elevation, wind patterns and precipitation.
• Precipitation – amount of rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls in an area.
• Great temperature extremes in the summer and winter in interior plains (land heats up and cools off more quickly than bodies of water).
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Canadian Shield • Minnesota to the
St. Lawrence River to Arctic Circle
• Produces minerals like copper, iron, and nickel.
• Large deposits of lead, gold, and silver
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Geographic Areas cont..• Arctic Archipelago :– Permafrost – most soil remains permanently frozen. – Made up of thousands of islands i.e. Baffin islands.
• St. Lawrence River – helps to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Atlantic Coast – Grand Banks by Newfoundland and Labrador. – Mixing Zone created in this area with warm waters
from the Gulf Stream and cold water of the Labrador Current.
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Canadian Cordillera
• Cordillera “chain of mountains” in Spanish.• Canadian portion of the Rocky Mountains
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Natural Resources
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Environmental Concerns• Over forestation, over development and over
extraction of minerals have hurt the Canadian environment
• Melting of Arctic ice caps and global warming a key concern
• Canada – United States Air Quality Agreement has reduced acid rain
• Border Air Quality Strategy helps to reduce smog between U.S. and Canada
• Climate Change Plan (Canada) – guidelines to help reduce global warming.
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