GEOG 2510 Lecture 38: GEOG 2510PDF
17 Sep 2015
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Reading 1- chapter 1: canada in geographic perspectives. Introduction: geography: study of earth"s surface as the home of humankind- how human/physical landscape change over time. Location: the specific part of the earth"s surface where a particular thing is situated. Latitude: a measure of absolute distance north or south of the equator (0 degrees). There are 180 degrees of latitude, 90 north and 90 south of the equator. Longitude: a measure of absolute distance east or west of the prime/greenwich meridian. There are 180 degrees of longitude east and west of the prime meridian. The distance between lines of longitude is greater then the equator (111 km) and narrows to nothing at the poles. The provinces and territories differ in area and population density. Population density: the size of a population in relation to the space it occupies. 89% of canada has never been permanently settled. The largest portion of canada"s ecumene (inhabited land) is located near the southern.
