GEOG 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Texas Triangle, Soil Conservation, Natural Hazard
30 Nov 2016
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2 english speaking countries with british colonial history climate- region"s size range of altitudes and varied terrain contribute to diverse climate! environmental issues: (vary in book) Resource management: water (ogallala aquifer) petroleum and mining and soil conservation! natural hazard: wild res! (bastrop!) metropolitan clusters. U. s. population is 10 times that of canada: 306. 8 million people in u. s. and 33. 7 mil in. 80% urban! mean center of population for the united sates mappp (1790-2010) along the middle of. Quebec secession. (her story: men dressed in black on every street corner holding machine guns in laredo!) federalism- idea that government has layers! (layered cake) president, supreme court, congress, senate, etc. North american economy: trade partners: 84% of canadian exports, etc. Deeper primary sector: extractive subsistence, logging and shing, mining, and agriculture and ranching yuuhhhh secondary sector: manufacturing. St. lawrence seaway industrial core in ohio river valley. Energy east pipeline to saint john in e canada.
