Geography 2011A/B Midterm: Geo 2011 Part 1: Ontario
24 Oct 2017
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It includes the union jack, representing ontario"s ties to great britain, and the coat of-arms of the province. At least 90% of ontario lives in southern ontario. Iroquois word for lake ontario: sparkling water , rocks standing by the water . Toronto: also an native word, tarantou = place of meeting . 2nd largest province: 412,582 square miles, 1, 068 582 km2, bounded by water on the west, north, and south. Ontario lies (predominantly) in 2 natural regions: canadian shield (laurentian plateau, interior plains and lowlands, hudson bay plains (interior plains, lowlands (great lakes-st. lawrence) Further west you go, the flatter the land is. Majority of the population lives in the great lakes lowlands. South of the red line drains into the great lakes (rain water) North of the red line drains into the hudson"s bay. Best summed up by 3 words: rocks, lakes, forest.
