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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
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
D
A
TOTAL
S AREA
IN DISPUTE
C
L
A
OIL
I
M
DIAMONDS
GAS
PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP
NORTH AMERICA
Vancouver, B.C.
(Maritime Climate)
CLIMATE GRAPHS
WINNIPEG
(Continental Climate)
CLIMATE GRAPHS
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?????
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
POLAR
TEMPERATE
ARID
TROPICAL
MEDITERRANEAN
MOUNTAINS
NATURAL REGIONS OF
CANADA
GROWTH OF CANADA
1873 1905
CANADA CANADA
CANADAS POPULATION
2007 - 33.4 MILLION