GEG2109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hudson Bay Lowlands, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield
14 Aug 2016
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Includes climate, vegetation, physiography (also impacted by population) Physical geography has unique patterns across canada. Human activities are changing natural environment into urban industrial landscape. These are shaped and affected by erosion, weathering, deposition . Has three characteristics: extends over large area, shaped by processes, has structure and history. Canada has 7: canadian shield, cordillera, interior plains, hudson bay lowlands, artic lands, appalachian uplands, great lakes st lawrence lowlands. Compared to geographic regions, helps explains human behaviours and cultures. Vulnerable to quakes, impacts way of living. Valuable deposits of oil and gas (fossil fuels) found in basins. Covered with thin layer of ocean sediment. Weathering and erosion have worn it down. Contains some of the most fertile agricultural land. Climate is what we expect while weather is what we get. Climate affect us as a person, helps define. Canada"s climate is product of three factors: solar energy/ latitude, global circulation system (winds, marine and continental air masses.
