GEOG 162 Lecture : Geog162 Chapter 10 The North.docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 162
• Professor: Michele Wiens

Document Summary

This region extends over four physiographic regions-canadian shield, interior plains, cordillera, and arctic lowlands. This is the region north of 60 n latitude. It is controlled by the federal government to a much greater extent than any of the provinces. Nunavut however, is the new territory with inuit self-government. Arctic and subarctic boundary is the 10 c isotherm for july, which is approximately equal to the treeline. Treeline is not a line but a zone in which trees become fewer and smaller, until they are finally found in only the most favourable areas. The arctic includes very little of the yukon. It mostly includes nunavut and north and eastern parts of the northwest territories as well as northern parts of ontario, manitoba, quebec, and labrador. Poorly developed soils which are also permanently frozen (up to 1000m in depth) Cold and relatively stable marine waters, frozen much of the year.