GEOG 162 Lecture Notes - Vancouver Island North, Nechako River, Coast Mountains
14 Aug 2012
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Combination of mountains, plateaus, and valleys extending from southern bc to yukon; it has at least 10 mountain ranges (coast mountains and rockies are most prominent); it strongly influences climate. Small north east portion of bc (peace river district) is part of the interior plains. Diversity in terms of topography, soil, vegetation, climate. Little arable land (fraser valley, peace river, okanagan, thompson) Similar to ontario and quebec with a core-periphery arrangement of the population in bc. Population core is in the south west corner here over 60% of residents are concentrated. Major urban centers are within this core (vancouver, victoria, etc) Much of the province is sparsely populated, clusters in the okanagan and thompson valleys and on vancouver island north of victoria. Within the province, the south west part of bc serves as the core with a large surrounding hinterland that provides raw materials (lumber, fish, minerals, etc)
