CH. 6 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA. POLITICAL CANADA.

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CH. 6 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA

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

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