Social Studies 6th Grade Second 9 weeks Canada Geography Social Studies 6th Grade Second 9 weeks

Where is Canada located relative to US? Tell which continent Canada is located on and which countries are its neighbors. Insert a map of your country.

Geographic Features of CANADA Name & locate: Hudson Bay St. Lawrence River Quebec City Montreal Toronto Ottawa Vancouver Fraser River bodies of water mountain ranges Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Major bodies of water Major bodies of water in Canada include: Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and Frasier River.

Major Mountain Rage in Canada: The Rocky Mountains is a major mountain range in Canada.

What two major geographic features are shared between Canada and the United States?

Canadian Tundra Tundra= also called barren land Large region of the Northern Hemisphere Lacks vegetation Southern boundary extends from the Mackenzie Delta to southern Hudson Bay and northeast to Labrador. Many climate variables combine to determine the position of this boundary. dry earth; cold, wet, saline earth. Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country. Arctic tundra in the Yukon Territory, Canada

                                                               Canadian Permafrost Permafrost is ground remaining at or below 0°C continuously for at least 2 years. It may consist of cold, dry earth; cold, wet, saline earth; icy lenses and masses; or ice-cemented earth or rock. A polar bear wanders along the Hudson Bay. New research suggests that permafrost soils in Canada's Arctic are melting at a rate that will significantly speed up global warming Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.

Canadian Tundra Temperatures stay below 0°C most of the year. The precipitation is gentle, mainly falling as snow. The winds can be very strong. Summers may have many hours of continuous daylight. Winters are long, dark periods. The climatic conditions mean that the landscape is quite bare, with little vegetation

PRAIRIE A Prairie is a dry treeless plateau that is east of the Rocky Mountains. It is usually fertile for farming and herding.

Geography Vocabulary Canada Parks Canada Geography Vocabulary Canada www.pc.gc.ca Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Backed by the Vancouver Island Range and facing the open Pacific Ocean Presents the rich natural and cultural heritage of Canada's west coast. Its cool and wet maritime climate produces an abundance of life in the water and on land. 126,500 acres of land; covers much of Vancouver Island; lots of vegetation and a region dedicated to protecting wild life. Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.

Geography Vocabulary Canada Canadian Shield one of the world’s largest geologic continental shields centered on Hudson Bay Extends 3 million square miles over much of Canada. It is a hilly region of lakes and swamps that stretches across Northern Canada and has some of the oldest rocks on earth. Alternate titles: Canadian continental shield; Canadian-Greenland Shield; Laurentian Shield; Precambrian Shield Precambrian bedrock of the Canadian Shield rising out of Reindeer Lake, on the border between northeastern Saskatchewan and northwestern Manitoba. © Richard Alexander Cooke III Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.

Geography Vocabulary Canada Fraser River 1370 km long, with a drainage basin of 233 100 km2, rises in Fraser Pass on the western slopes of the rocky mountains in the southeast corner of Mount Robson Provincial Park.

Geography Vocabulary Canada St. Lawrence Lowland St. Lawrence Lowland is a plain along the St. Lawrence River between Québec City in the east and Brockville, Ontario, in the west, including the Ottawa River valley west to Renfrew, Ontario https://ltbuckleyss10.wikispaces.com/St.+Lawrence+Lowlands+2 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/st-lawrence-lowland/

Climate of Canada Tell about the typical weather patterns in Canada throughout the calendar year. Insert a picture illustrating a season in your country.