GEOG 2225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ecumene, Muskeg, Sedimentary Structures
9 Feb 2020
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The physical environment of canada: physical geography is the underlying framework that molds national and regional character, fundamental explanation for canada"s ecumene. Physical geographers: physical geographers are concerned with, geomorphology, rivers and lakes, climate, soils, vegetation. Regional variations: how physical geography varies and influences human settlement, cultural landscape the effect of human activities on the natural environment. Landforms: mountains, plateaus, lowlands, due to, denudation, weathering, erosion, deposition. Canada"s 7 physiographic regions: the canadian shield, the cordillera, the interior plains, the hudson bay lowlands, the arctic lands, the appalachian uplands, the great lakes st. lawrence lowlands. The cordillera: a complex region of mountains, plateaus, and valleys; 16% of canada, includes the rocky. Mountains: north south alignment extends from southern british columbia to yukon; western border is. Pacific ocean: formed by plate tectonics uplifting sedimentary rocks into a series of mountain ranges, geologically unstable with earthquake and tsunami potential.
