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Asia
Africa
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
World Geography
USA Canada
North America
North America
USA: physical
Columbia-Snake plt
Colorado plt
Alaska Hawaii
Mountains of USA
•Appalachian mountains – old fold mountains (Paleozoic)•Source of coal - Both Bituminous and Anthracite• Iron ore, granite and forest resource
Appalachian Mountains
Western Cordillera of USA
Columbia-Snake plateau
Great Basin
Colorado plateau
Western USA
O-C collision O-C transverse boundary Hot Spot vol.
Western mountains in USA
•Oceanic plate Farallon subducted under North American plate – 65 ml years ago•Extensive volcanism and rising of Rockies •Colorado plateau•Basin- range topography due to faults
O-C collision of ancient time
Farallon plate
North American Plate
•15 ml years ago – Farallon oceanic plate almost subducted under North American plate•Pacific and N.American plate came into contact•Farallon plate was moving eastward
Pacific- N.American transverse Boundary
•Now Pacific plate was moving north-west•North American plate moves south – south west direction•Result – San Andreas fault
Pacific- N.American transverse Boundary
•Remnant of Farallon plate- Juan de Fuca plate continued eastward movement•Divergence between Juan-de-Fuca plate and Pacific plate• Juan De Fuca plate subsiding below North American plate
O-C plate collision in recent time
•Subduction of oceanic plate => Volcanism•Rising of volcanic fold mt. –cascade range•Rising of Sierra Nevada in last 5 ml (orogeny started around 120-80 ml years ago)
O-C plate collision in recent time
• Lava flow – between 17-6 ml years ago•Hot spot beneath the Columbia plateau - North American plate moves south-west•Columbia-snake plateau•Basaltic lava plateau (like Deccan lava plt.)• Yellow stone national park – geysers
Hot Spot Volcanism in USA
•Sierra Nevada –Gold•Fold mountains – volcanism- still uplifting - EQ•Cascade range – part of Pacific ring of fire – volcanic rocks – rich in potassium – potential geothermal power
Western mountains: resources
• Rockies: young fold mountains (85 to 55 ml years ago)•Copper, Gold, Lead, silver, Zinc, Tungsten
Western mountains
Rivers of USA
•Origin: in Canada •Columbia- one of the largest source of HEP•Grand coulee dam•Snake –largest tri. Of Columbia• Imp cities: Portland, Salem located on it
Western rivers: Columbia-snake river
•cutting the Colorado Plateau – Grand canyon•Sonoran desert, Panted desert•Hoover dam – Lake mead•Las Vegas located near lake Mead
Western rivers: Colorado
Panted desert
Sonoran
desert
Hoover dam Grand Canyon
•Most imp river system of USA• Imp cities: St. Pittsburg, Memphis, St. Louis• Irrigation – Prairie region•Petroleum at mouth
Central rivers: Mississippi- Missouri
•New York state•Partially navigable important for transportation•Flows between New York city and New Jersey city
Eastern rivers: Hudson
New York State
New York
StateLong Island
New York- New Jersey (Hudson river)
NJ
NYHu
dson
rive
r
Long Island
Great Lakes of USA
Niagara FallWelland Canal
St. Mary’s river
St. Claire lakeSt. Claire river
Detroit river
•Glacial lakes•Largest fresh water system•Together – they hold 1/5th of the earth surface’s fresh water•Source of drinking water, irrigation, transport, sulfide and iron mining in periphery
Importance of great lakes region
Deserts of USA
Political map of USA
USA has 50
states, 9 time zones
Climatic regions of USA
Gulf Type
Laurentian Type
Prairie
Highland
British Type
Mediterranean
Hot Deserts
•South Western state of California•Citrus fruit cultivation – famous Sunkist oranges•Viticulture, wine making
USA: Mediterranean climate
San Francisco
Los Angeles
•North western states of Oregon and Washington•Rainfall from westerlies•Softwood trees with pure strands•Famous for lumbering industries
USA: British Climate
•Central states of USA + 3 states of Canada•Temperate grasslands•Flat rolling plains•Nutritious natural grass•Known for wheat cultivation and animal rearing
USA: Prairies
•South East states: from Florida to North Carolina and Arkansas – Louisiana•Warm due to warm ocean current – gulf stream•Rainfall through out the year•Thunderstorm
USA: Gulf type
•North east states•Great Lake region and New England states•Rainfall throughout the year – warming effect of Gulf stream•Most Industrialized region of USA
USA: Laurentian type
Agricultural belts in USA
WheatCorn
Cotton
Soya bean
Tobacco
TobaccoTobacco
•Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri• Intensive crop and livestock farming•Most of the corn is used to raise or fattening livestock- hogs (pigs) and poultry• cattle rearing for meat and dairy products
Corn belt
• Intensive animal farming = factory farming•Milwaukee city meat processing•Chicago – meat packing•Wisconsin state - dairy
Animal Rearing in USA
•Cotton plantation system•Hybrid cotton variety with mechanized farming•Cotton exported•Textile industries – labour intensive – US import from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
Cotton belt
•South – winter wheat (hard), north – spring wheat (soft)•Truck farming belt•Very high productivity per person•Highly subsidized farming
Wheat and Rice belt (Prairie)
Coal Reserve in USA
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Montana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
North Dakota
Illinois
Texas
Wyoming
Wyoming and
Appalachian main coal producing
regions
Pennsylvania – only
Anthracite producing
region
Iron reserve of USA
Mesabi range
Major iron mining Zone –
Minnesota and
MichiganImport from
Canada
Copper reserve of USA
Major Copper mining Zone –
Arizona, Utah
Uranium reserve of USA
Major Uranium mining – Wyoming
Import from
Canada and
Australia
Petroleum reserve of USA
Largest producer of
oil and gas in 2014
West Texas IntermediateBenchmark
Bayan Mound
Big HillWest Hackberry
Bayou Choctow
Shale gas
Wyoming
ColoradoUtah
MichiganPennsylvania
West Virginia
Texas
US takeover Russia as largest oil and gas producer and Saudi from largest oil producer
Reduction in energy import by USBoost to US manufacturing sectorDecrease in US imports + Slow down in China = fall in crude prices
India’s energy consumption increasing – low import bills – boost to out manufacturing
US petroleum production: effect to India
Gulf of Mexico Alaska
Gold
Zinc
Copper
Silver
Red dog mine
Sulphur
Petroleum and Natural gas
USA: Industrial regions
NW
SW
SE
NEGrt lakes
•Seattle – aluminum smelting, aircraft manufacturing•Oregon state lumbering: Eugene•Salem – food processing hub
North-west Region
Seattle
Salem
•San Francisco: financial services (Wall street of the west)•San Diego: submarine and shipbuilding •Los Angeles: entertainment, aerospace, port
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
•Atlanta-automobile, transport & logistics hub, (HQ of Coca cola)•New Orleans- port, petro-refineries
South and South East region
New Orleans
Atlanta
•Dallas – electronics, defence aircraft manufacturing•Baton Rouge – Petroleum reserve•Houston- petro-chemicals (synthetic rubber, fertilizers), equipment for oil field
South and South East region
Dallas
Houston
Baton Rouge
•5% of US area, 25% population•Boston to NY – megalopolis•HEP from fault line across edges of Appalachian•Narrow land = No agriculture
North Eastern states
•Boston: biotech, education•NY-NJ: largest city, economy, port•Philadelphia: education, oil refining, Food processing•Baltimore: steel industries, ship building
North Eastern states
Boston
NY-NJPhiladelphiaBaltimore
•Duluth – steel (Mesabi)•Milwaukee- dairying, meat processing•Chicago –FPI•Detroit – automobile (GM)• Toledo - automobile•Cleveland – textile, steel•Buffalo – chemical industries
Great lakes region
Milwaukee
Chicago
DetroitCleveland
Buffalo
Toledo
Hamilton
Toronto
Kingston
Montreal
Quebec
•Hamilton•Toronto •Kingston•Montreal•Quebec
Great lakes region
Milwaukee
Chicago
DetroitCleveland
Buffalo
Toledo
Hamilton
Toronto
Kingston
Montreal
Quebec
USA Canada
North America
Canada
Physical geo of Canada: Mt.
Canadian shield
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Laurentian Plateau
Labrador PlateauNew Foundland
Baffin island
Hudson Bay
James Bay
•Most stable region•Source of gold, silver, cobalt, zinc, copper and iron ore•Coniferous forest + swift flowing streams -HEP•Support paper and pulp industry
Canadian Shield
•Heavily forested, lakes and swift flowing streams•Large scale lumbering, paper and pulp industry
Laurentian plateau
Laurentian Plateau
Physical geo of Canada: Rivers
Mackenzie
ChurchillNelson
St. La
wrence
Physical geo of Canada: lakes
Lake Slave
Great Bear lake
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipegosis
Climatic regions of Canada
Tundra
TaigaMountainous
Prairie Laurentian type
British type
Taiga
Tundra
Agriculture in Canada
Horticulture dairy Wheat, oilseeds
and cattle Grain, oilseeds dairy
Dairy, hogs
Horticulture dairy
Horticulture dairy
Green house cultivation
•British Columbia state (Vancouver) – largest producer of coniferous trees •Ontario, Quebec states – hardwood deciduous trees•Produce – wood chips, veneer, plywood, wood pallets etc.
Lumbering in Canada
•Principle species –•softwood: Spruce, pine, hemlock, Cedar, Douglas fir•Hardwood: aspen and poplar
Lumbering in Canada
Types of wood Measuring of age
Uranium Reserve of Canada
McClean lakeMcArthur riverCigar lake
Saskatchewan state
World’s 22% of known
Uranium reserve
Agnew lake
Bancroft
Rabbit lake
Nickel in Canada
Voisey Bay
One of the
largest Nickel
producer
Sadbury
Birch treeBucko lake
Shale Gas in Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
QuebecNew Brunswick Nova
Scotia
•Hamilton – steel industry•Toronto – financial capital of Canada •Kingston - education•Montreal – aerospace and electronics (Bombardier HQ)•Quebec – port, paper and wood industry
Great lakes region of Canada
Milwaukee
Chicago
DetroitCleveland
Buffalo
Toledo
Hamilton
Toronto
Kingston
Montreal
Quebec
Industrial centers of Canada
Calgary
ReginaVancouver
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Cities ImportanceVancouver Canada’s largest port, lumbering and
wood industriesCalgary Oil and gas industryEdmonton Oil and gas reserve, petro-chemical
industriesRegina Oil and gas reserve, mines of potash,
KaolinWinnipeg Aerospace industries
Industrial centers of Canada