CH. 3 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN CANADA

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 CURRENTS & DISTANCE FROM OCEAN

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

THE WORLD’S 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. You can find a map showing six of the world's main biomes here. The Map below shows six of the world's main biomes.What is a biome?here

THE WORLD’S MAIN BIOMES POLAR TEMPERATE ARID TROPICAL MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS

NATURAL REGIONS OF CANADA

GROWTH OF CANADA 1873 CANADA 1905 CANADA

CANADA’S POPULATION MILLION