CH. 6 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA
POLITICAL CANADA
POLITICAL U.S.A.
PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP CANADA
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS WESTERN CORDILLERAN Vancouver Rocky Mountains
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS INTERIOR PLAINS Grasslands/Ranching/Farming
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS CANADIAN SHIELD Boreal Forest - Cone bearing trees
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS APPALACHIANS
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ARCTIC REGION Tundra - permafrost, moss, lichen, and small shrubs
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 W INDS E LEVATION/ALTITUDE R ELIEF Mountain Barrier
THREE TYPES OF PRECIPITATION +=
PRECIPITATION Landforms/Orographic
PRECIPITATION Frontal
PRECIPITATION Convection
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
EROSION The Water Cycle
EROSION WATER
EROSION GLACIERS
EROSION WIND