3. THE
APPALACHIAN
REGION
Topography
Made up of many
mountain ranges
Old mountains
formed about
300,000,000 years
ago
Has rolling
mountains
Contains fertile
plateaus and river
valleys
climate
vegetation
Economic activity
Environmental
concerns
climates affected by
two ocean currents
The Gulf stream
supplies the warm
water
Labrador current
brings cold water
causing freezing
during winter.
Heavily forested with With lots of land,
Destroying varias
coniferous and
crops will grow and
amounts of ancient
deciduous trees
farming becomes
mountains
Unproductive soil in
essential
When mountains are
the mountains
Mining in the
blasted, chemicals
Much more fertile
mountains
are released into the
on the plateaus and Forestry because the
air
rivers
Appalachian region
Clearing trees,
is heavily forested
destroying homes of
wildlife, reducing
animal population
4. THE COASTAL
PLAINS
Topography
climate
vegetation
Surface mostly flat
In the north, it
Soil is very sandy
or gently rolling hills
consists of cold
Natural vegetation
Average elevation of
snowy winters and
has adapted
less than 200 meters
hot, humid summers Originally the
above sea level
In the south it
vegetation was of
Contains many
consists of
the area was pine
swamps and
subtropical climate
forests.
marshes
Mild warm winters
Economic activity
Economy of the
Coastal Plains relies
on agriculture
Oil and gas
extraction
Environmental
concerns
Prone to many
hurricanes
Because elevations
so low, many floods
occur
5. THE GREAT
LAKES-ST.
LAWRENCE
LOWLAND
topography
climate
vegetation
Economic activity
Environmental
concerns
Rolling landscape
Flat plains broken by
hills and deep river
valleys
Consists of flat plains
which gradually rise
into Canadian shield
and Appalachians
Has a humid
continental climate
The great lakes cool
the temperature
throughout summer
Winters may vary
from cool to cold
Summers may vary
from warm to hot
Very fertile soil
Heavily treed
Soil and climate
allow maple, beech,
hickory, and black
walnut trees to
thrive
Mixture of
coniferous and
deciduous trees
Farming poultry,
dairy, meat products
Mining minerals
such as iron, copper
and silver
Farming vegetables,
fruits and grains
Smallest region but
has half of Canada’s
population
More pollution in
water, air and soil
More pollution
causes sunrays to
stay making region
hotter and hotter
6. CANADIAN SHIELD
topography
Barren rock surface
Consists of chaotic
patterns of river
valleys, lakes,
swamps and muskeg
Average elevation
100 metres above
sea level north
500 above sea level
south
climate
vegetation
Varies in area
Boreal forest covers
Winters are
most of the shield
increasingly long and Spruce, pine and fir
cold, summers are
are suited to thin,
short and cold in the
sandy soil
north.
Some deciduous
trees grow too
No trees grow north
of the tree line,
growing seasons too
short
Economic activity
Mining, Shields is
the worlds richest
area in terms of
mineral ores
Many towns
extracting minerals,
diamonds are
discovered
Environmental
concerns
Over extraction of
minerals and timber
threatening future of
available resources
Acid rain
Pollution in the great
lakes
7. THE WESTERN
CORDILLERA
Winter season
Summer season
topography
climate
vegetation
Economic activity
Environmental
concerns
Comprised of new
mountains not yet
worn down
Mountains twice as
high as the
Appalachian
mountains
The Rocky mountain
forms the
continental divide to
the east
All rivers east of
Rockies flow east
West coast has a
maritime climate,
moist and mild
Winters usually
above freezing
Summer cool
Valleys warmer than
mountain slopes
Varies from one side
of the mountain to
the other
On moist side, trees
such as Douglas fir,
western hemlock,
and western red
cedar grow
Higher up the
mountains, trees get
smaller
Top of the mountain
vegetation similar to
a tundra
Mining
Forestry, lumber
harvesting
Trading
Many large
industries in mining,
agriculture and oil
extraction
Logging and oil
exploration
responsible for
accelerated slope
erosion
Harmful metals
released into
streams and ground
from mining
Wildlife habitat lost
through land
development for
agriculture and
livestock grazing
8. THE
INTERMOUNTAIN
REGION
topography
climate
Many streams and
rivers flow into
blackish lakes or
disappear into
desert sinks
Some streams and
rivers make it to the
ocean
Some areas cattle
ranching is posibble
Affected by location
ad elevation
Winters can be cool
and wet or hot and
dry
South portion
winter, short and
warm, little
precipitation
North portion moist
winters and hot and
dry, also lacks
vegetation
Economic activity
Ranges between
Industries serving
sparse grasslands to
local markets (health
plants survive in
services, real estate)
desert conditions
Hospitality and
Higher areas covered
tourism
in thin pine forest
Extracting industries
Agriculture
Trading
Environmental
concerns
Over allocation of
water
Decrease in
biodiversity
Increase of chance
of wildfires
Great decline in
government budget
9. ARCTIC
topography
Arctic near ocean is
very flat
Mountain far north
formed by folding
Covered by glaciers
climate
Very far from
equator, severe
climate
Winters last upto 10
months far north
Summers cold and
very short
Little precipitation,
considered a desert
vegetation
Very few life forms
can grow
Trees can’t grow on
tundra because
climate’s too cold
and dry
Shrubs, mosses and
lichens are the
only things that can
grow, cling to the
ground soaking up
warmth
Economic activity
Extracting minerals
and petroleum
Extracting oils and
gasses
Cariboo or deer
hunting
Commercial fishing
Environmental
concerns
Climate change
Changes in
biodiversity, over
harvesting
Use of toxic
substances threatens
lives of people
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