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Welcome To The Grassland Region
By Jaiya And Prisha
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Landforms I’ve noticed that the land in the Grassland region is usually flat although there are a few hilly areas. The Badlands is an area in the southeastern part of the Grassland region.
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Bodies Of Water The main rivers in the Grassland region are Red Deer, Milk River, Oldman, Bow, and Elbow Rivers. Started at the Milk River and headed towards the writing-on- Stone Provincial Park.
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Climate Most areas of the Grassland region have low rainfall.
Much Alberta has had drought conditions at various times because there was less rainfall then usual.
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Climate Charles Hatfield, from the United States, claimed that he could make it rain using a secret mixture of chemicals
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Natural Resources In 2004, there were about 53,000 farms in Alberta
Famers use machines to loosen and turn the soil this is called tilling.
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Natural Resources Canola is used to make food oil, margarine, coffee whiteners, sunscreens, and more. Some farmer use river water to spray there crops.
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Natural Resources Oil and gas resources are very important to Alberta’s wealth.
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Vegetation Nearly 80 per cent of Alberta’s grasslands have been the region. Rough fescue grass is one type of grass found in the region.
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Animal Life Before the Grassland region was settled by farmers and ranchers huge herds of buffalo gazed there. A few small herds of pronghorn antelope remain in the Grassland region.
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