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CH. 6 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA. POLITICAL CANADA.

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1 CH. 6 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA

2 POLITICAL CANADA

3 POLITICAL U.S.A.

4 PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP CANADA

5 PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS WESTERN CORDILLERAN Vancouver Rocky Mountains

6 PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS INTERIOR PLAINS Grasslands/Ranching/Farming

7 PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS CANADIAN SHIELD Boreal Forest - Cone bearing trees

8 PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS

9 PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS APPALACHIANS

10 PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ARCTIC REGION Tundra - permafrost, moss, lichen, and small shrubs

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12 PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP NORTH AMERICA NOTE - The physiographic regions do not just end at the borders

13 CLIMATE GRAPHS Vancouver, B.C. (Maritime Climate)

14 CLIMATE GRAPHS WINNIPEG (Continental Climate)

15 CLIMATE GRAPHS VANCOUVER VS. WINNIPEG Maritime vs. Continental

16 CANADIAN PRECIPITATION

17 WHAT INFLUENCES CLIMATE? (L.O.W.E.R.) L ATITUDE O CEANS W INDS E LEVATION/ALTITUDE R ELIEF Mountain Barrier

18 THREE TYPES OF PRECIPITATION +=

19 PRECIPITATION Landforms/Orographic

20 PRECIPITATION Frontal

21 PRECIPITATION Convection

22 THE EARTH 4.5 Billion Years Old

23 THE EARTH Two billion years ago, all the continents were joined. Plate tectonics have moved the continents to where they Are today

24 LAND FORMS FOLD MOUNTAINS

25 LAND FORMS VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

26 LAND FORMS FAULTING

27 EROSION The Water Cycle

28 EROSION WATER

29 EROSION GLACIERS

30 EROSION WIND


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