GEO 505 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Canada Border Services Agency, Saint Lawrence River, Lake Simcoe
15 Dec 2017
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Geo 505: ontario"s geographic location: who are they trading with and what their trading. 2016 exports , 508 million; total imports ,664 million. 2016 ontario receives from us 56. 66 % (imports) Top 10: michigan, ohio, ny, indiana, illinosis, texas, tennessee, kentucky, 2016 ontario gives to us 80. 86% (export) Ontario"s top 10 exports (things it gives away) Gold- unwrought= 7. 89: advantage of being close to great lakes. Although it has no saltwater coastline, the region has an abundance of freshwater coastlines on three great lakes (huron, erie and ontario), as well as smaller lakes such as lake simcoe and lake st. clair. St lawrence river flows from lake ontario into the st. lawrence river. It drains more than 25% of the earth"s freshwater reserves. The st. lawrence links the atlantic ocean with the great lakes and is among the world"s most important commercial waterways. A significant socio-economic asset for quebec, canada, and the industrial heartland of the united states.
