GEO 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mount Elbert, Breadbasket, Canadian Shield
4 Aug 2017
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Canada - around 34. 9 million (~90% live within 100 miles of the canadian/us border) United states - around 313. 9 million & climbing. Runs through british columbia, alberta, idaho, montana, wyoming, utah, colorado, & new mexico. Highest point of the rocky mountains and its coordinates: 8 million km2 geological shield of bedrock covered by a thin layer of soil. First part of north america to be permanently elevated above sea level. Called the breadbasket for the immense quantities of grain it produces. 60% of counties had lost population as of last census. Native american populations growing as breadbasket fertility slowly dwindles due to a variety of anthropomorphic influences. Roughly the same size (canada"s total landmass is slightly larger), u. s. population & economy is more than 9 times larger, Have major foreign policy & health care differences. Us is the only industrialized country in the world without undisputed Usa"s current legal quota is 675,000 per year.
