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GEOGRAPHY
OF NORTH AMERICA
AND WESTERN CANADA
POLITICAL CANADA
POLITICAL U.S.A.
FIVE THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
1. LOCATION 2. PHYSICAL & CULTURAL
LANDSCAPES

3.REGIONS Tumbler Ridge Prince Rupert Chinatown, Van.


4. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE,
IDEAS, AND OBJECTS

GLOBALIZATION / INFRASTRUCTURE
5. HUMAN / ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP
CANADA
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
WESTERN CORDILLERAN

Vancouver

Rocky Mountains
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
INTERIOR PLAINS

Grasslands/Ranching/Farmin
g
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
CANADIAN SHIELD

Boreal Forest - Cone bearing


trees
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
APPALACHIANS
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
ARCTIC/INNUITIAN
REGIONS

Tundra - permafrost, moss, lichen, and small


WHO OWNS THE ARCTIC?
C
A
N GLOBAL WARMING
HAS OPENED UP
A MORE ACCESS

D
A
TOTAL
S AREA
IN DISPUTE
C
L
A
OIL
I
M
DIAMONDS
GAS
PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP
NORTH AMERICA

NOTE - The physiographic regions do not just end at the borders


CLIMATE GRAPHS

Vancouver, B.C.
(Maritime Climate)
CLIMATE GRAPHS

WINNIPEG
(Continental Climate)
CLIMATE GRAPHS

VANCOUVER VS. WINNIPEG


Maritime vs. Continental
CANADIAN PRECIPITATION
WHAT INFLUENCES CLIMATE?
(L.O.W.E.R.)
L ATITUDE
O CEANS
CURRENTS & DISTANCE FROM

W INDS
OCEAN

E LEVATION/ALTITUDE (1 C / 165m.)

R ELIEF
Mountain Barrier
THREE TYPES OF
PRECIPITATION

+ =
PRECIPITATION
Landforms/Orographic
PRECIPITATION
Frontal
PRECIPITATION
Convection
CLIMATE CHANGE
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT Over the past 200 years, the world has been
burning more and more fossil fuels which traps greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere.
11 of the last 12 years have been among the warmest years since 1850.
1500 year cycle?????

AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE HAS CAUSED:

Shrinking Glaciers Grolars Changing Weather Patterns

Salmon Spawming Pine Beetle Truths??? Rising Oceans Number of Hurricanes


THE EARTH
4.5 Billion Years Old
THE EARTH
Two billion years ago, all the
continents were joined.

Plate tectonics have moved


the continents to where they
Are today
LAND FORMS
FOLD MOUNTAINS
LAND FORMS
VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
LAND FORMS
FAULTING
THE BIG ONE???
B.C.s west coast will experience an earthquake When????

Port Alberni Tsunami 1964


EROSION
The Water Cycle

Water witching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-q-sRSsx0
EROSION
WATER
EROSION
GLACIERS
THE GREAT ICE AGE
A million years ago Canadas climate became very cold.
The amount of snow > the amount melted.
Ice sheets moved & reshaped the land of N. America
10,000 yrs ago the climate warmed.
EROSION
WIND
THE WORLDS MAIN BIOMES

What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem


is a community of living organisms
(plants and animals) sharing an
environment. The largest ecosystems
are called biomes.

What is a biome? A biome is a very


large ecosystem. The Map below shows
six of the world's main biomes.
THE WORLDS MAIN BIOMES

POLAR
TEMPERATE
ARID
TROPICAL
MEDITERRANEAN
MOUNTAINS
NATURAL REGIONS OF
CANADA
GROWTH OF CANADA

1873 1905
CANADA CANADA
CANADAS POPULATION
2007 - 33.4 MILLION

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