CANADIAN SHIELD By: Maya, Gregory, and Niam

Animal Life  In the forest, moose and deer are common  many fur - bearing animals make homes in this region, for example: Bears, Foxes and, Lynx  they grow heavy warm coats as an adaption winter cold  fresh water are plentiful in lakes and rivers  Fish grow very large because there is little commercial fishing  fly-in sport fishing is an industry that takes advantage of unspoiled environment and plentiful fish

PHYSICAL FEATURES  Have rocky hills, thousand lakes, river, and streams,  Layer of soil over rock thin in most places  Glaciers of ice age spread across region  Weight of ice scraped surface of rocky hills  Loose rock and soil were pushed and dragged great distance  When glaciers malted and retreated, rock hills, and gravel beds  Many river systems of the Canadian shield flow towards Hudson bay

NATURAL RESOURCES - The Canadian Shield is a region rich with natural resources Such as water, forests and minerals - Forests gives us many different uses such as paper and furniture - Many rivers of the region are used to make hydroelectricity - Mining is one of the most important industries in the area

IMPORTANT ISSUES - Factories and cars create a lot of pollution. Smelters for processing minerals such as nickel create a lot of pollution - Chemicals from factories and cars come into contact with cloud moisture and melt and creates acid rain. Snowflakes can be acid as well It has a negative effect on everything it touches. Pollution can damage soil, water, vegetation

CLIMATE Winters in Canadian Shield are cold. Snow falls are heavy. Summers similar to Arctic lowlands. Farther south summer warmer and humid Southern Canadian Shield 1600mm precipitation. Much snow falls rain in summer common.

VEGETATION Northern area tundra vegetation Small plants, mosses, low shrubs Farther trees and shrubs grow Between rocky hills and boggy wetlands are called muskeg Muskeg formed living dead vegetation [fills in lakes] Many trees killed by acid rain