1. Geography of Canada Mr. T Physical Geography

2. 1.Climate 2.Landforms 3.Soil and Vegetation 4.Ecozones

3. Climate Weather is the day to day readings of temperature and precipitation (and wind speed, barometric pressure, and several other factors) Climate is the long term patterns of temperature and precipitation We can illustrate climate and compare climates from different locations easily using a climograph TORONTOJFMAMJJASONDAnn Temp ( o C)-5-404101619171492 Precip(mm)5653 56 61765658565856

4. Climate – A Climograph of Toronto Months JFMAMJJASOND Temp. ( o C) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40 Precip (mm) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140

6. Landforms – Appalachian Mountains

7. Landforms – Canadian Shield

8. Landforms – St Lawrence Lowlands

9. Landforms – Great Lakes Lowlands

10. Landforms – Arctic Lowlands

11. Landforms – Interior Plains

12. Landforms – Western Cordillera

13. Landforms – Innuitian Mountains

14. Landforms – Arctic Lowlands

15. Landforms

16. Soil and Vegetation Soil is a naturally occurring, unconsolidated or loose material on the surface of the earth, capable of supporting life Soil is made up of four components (MOMA): –Minerals –Organic Material –Moisture –Air More about qualities of soil (and their disappearance!) will be discussed in Unit 3

18. Soil and Vegetation Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region (which very much depends on soil quality) In Canada, we have everything from desert cactus to massive rainforest trees, and everything in between –Mosses –Plants –Shrubs –Coniferous trees –Deciduous trees

20. Ecozones An ecozone is an area of the earth’s surface that has a unique combination of plants, wildlife, climate, landforms, and human activities. If you were to overlay or combine the climate, landforms, soil (and vegetation) maps of Canada shown in this slideshow, you would see patterns emerge resulting in Canada’s 15 terrestrial (land) ecozones ++=