CH. 6 GEOGRAPHY

OF NORTH AMERICA

CH. 6 GEOGRAPHY

OF NORTH AMERICA

POLITICAL CANADAPOLITICAL CANADA

POLITICAL U.S.A.POLITICAL U.S.A.

PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAPCANADA

PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAPCANADA

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSWESTERN CORDILLERAN

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSWESTERN CORDILLERAN

Vancouver

Rocky Mountains

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSINTERIOR PLAINSPHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSINTERIOR PLAINS

Grasslands/Ranching/Farming

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSCANADIAN SHIELDPHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSCANADIAN SHIELD

Boreal Forest - Cone bearing trees

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDSPHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSAPPALACHIANSPHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSAPPALACHIANS

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSARCTIC REGIONPHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONSARCTIC REGION

Tundra - permafrost, moss, lichen, and small shrubs

PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAPNORTH AMERICA

PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAPNORTH AMERICA

NOTE - The physiographic regions do not just end at the borders

CLIMATE GRAPHSCLIMATE GRAPHS

Vancouver, B.C.(Maritime Climate)

CLIMATE GRAPHSCLIMATE GRAPHS

WINNIPEG(Continental Climate)

CLIMATE GRAPHSCLIMATE GRAPHS

VANCOUVER VS. WINNIPEG Maritime vs. Continental

CANADIAN PRECIPITATIONCANADIAN PRECIPITATION

WHAT INFLUENCES CLIMATE?(L.O.W.E.R.)

WHAT INFLUENCES CLIMATE?(L.O.W.E.R.)

L ATITUDE

O CEANS

W INDS

E LEVATION/ALTITUDE

R ELIEF Mountain Barrier

THREE TYPES OFPRECIPITATION

THREE TYPES OFPRECIPITATION

+ =

PRECIPITATIONLandforms/Orographic

PRECIPITATIONLandforms/Orographic

PRECIPITATIONFrontal

PRECIPITATIONFrontal

PRECIPITATIONConvection

PRECIPITATIONConvection

THE EARTH4.5 Billion Years Old

THE EARTH4.5 Billion Years Old

THE EARTHTwo billion years ago, all the

continents were joined.

THE EARTHTwo billion years ago, all the

continents were joined.

Plate tectonics have moved the continents to where theyAre today

LAND FORMSFOLD MOUNTAINS

LAND FORMSFOLD MOUNTAINS

LAND FORMSVOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

LAND FORMSVOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

LAND FORMSFAULTING

LAND FORMSFAULTING

EROSIONThe Water Cycle

EROSIONThe Water Cycle

EROSIONWATER

EROSIONWATER

EROSIONGLACIERSEROSION

GLACIERS

EROSIONWIND

EROSIONWIND