These are the two files full of information about how it used to be in Upper Canada during the 19th century.
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Life In The 19th Century Upper Canada
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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Amazing Canada Project- Ana Popa
How would global warming affect the settlement patterns of Canadians?
Global warming has the possibility to become a problem for Canada. The terrain’s regions would affect the population density. An increase in temperature in Canada would result in obvious differences in each topography region. People’s settlement patterns would differ.
Terrain and temperature are the main reasons that affect people’s settlement. People are more likely to settle in areas with a flat landscape and warm, decent temperatures rather than a rocky landscape with freezing cold temperatures.
Appalachian Region:
In case of global warming, an important change in population will occur in this region. People would either chose to continue living in this region (population increase) or they would chose to move somewhere else with similar temperature but less populated. Likewise, this region is mostly made up of Canadian islands thus, there is a limited amount of space, pushing the population into finding a different place to settle in.
The Canadian Shield Region:
In case of global warming, this region would not be much affected by the fluctuation in population. This area is mainly rock, thus not many people tend to settle here because growing food is difficult in this region.
The Arctic Region:
Only a handful people currently live here because of the extremely cold temperature. However, in case of globe warming, this area would have an increase in temperature, making more people chose to settle here. So, the population density level would increase just a little because this region is still going to have fairy cold temperatures overall.
The St. Lawrence Lowlands:
The population here would increase because of its excellent agriculture & flat landscape. In case of global warming, many people would settle here, creating a high population density region.
The Interior Plains:
The population here would spread out throughout Canada. The population would increase because people will want to travel to this area (flat landscape).
The Cordillera:
In case of global warming, the population here would become more dense because there is not a lot of space to spread out on the rocky surface. The already inhibited places would attract even more people, causing an increase in population density.
Vegetation and Formation of Canada’s Physiographic Regions
Existant Biomes In Each Physiographic Region:
Arctic:
-Subarctic
-Tundra
Cordillera:
-Grassland
-Parkland
-Open Woodland
-Coniferous Forest
-Coast and Interior Forest
-Tundra
Interior plains:
-Grassland
-Parkland
-Open Woodland
-Coniferous Forest
-Tundra
The Canadian Shield:
-Subarctic
-Mixed Forest
-Open Woodland
-Tundra
St. Lawrence Lowlands:
-Coniferous Forest
-Mixed Forest
Appalachians:
-Open Woodland
-Coniferous Forest
-Mixed Forest
Describing The Biomes:
Subarctic- swampy; scattered coniferous trees mixed with tundra vegetation. Wildlife: caribou, lemmings, and snowy owls.
(The Mackenzie Mountains, Yukon-Northwest Territories)
Tundra- treeless landscape mostly low shrubs, mosses, and lichens. Polar bears, seals, walruses, muskox, and Arctic foxes survive here.
(Keewatin area, Churchill, Manitoba)
Open woodland- scattered evergreen trees, shrubs, and grass. Caribou, martens, bears, geese, beaver, and lynx all live here.
(Woodland West)
Coniferous forest- Evergreens such as spruce, fir, pine, and aspen. Wildlife: deer, moose, black bears, fur-bearing animals, hawks, eagles, wild ducks. This are contain infertile soil.
(Alberta)
Coast and interior forest- Wet and mild climate. The slopes of mountains above the treeline have Tundra and Arctic vegetation; there is short grass and plants. There is an abundant wildlife: cougars, mountain sheep, bears, moose, and birds.
(Boughton Island, Central Coast B.C.)
Mixed forest- softwood trees: hemlock and cedar & hardwood trees: maple, birch, oak, and ash. There is the same wildlife as in the coniferous forest. Soil is more fertile in mixed forests than in coniferous forests.
(Algoma Highlands, Ontario)
Parkland- long grasses, clumps of aspen and cottonwood trees; the wildlife is the same as in the coniferous forest and grasslands.
(Alberta)
Grassland- short grasses, not enough moisture for trees… Wildlife: antelope, gophers, and wild fowl. The soil here is more fertile than in the forest regions.
(Frenchman River Valley and Three Sisters Butte, West Block)
The Formation of Physiographic Regions:
Arctic: Fold mountains were formed by the build up of pressure from the Canadian Shield pushing up sedimentary rock.
Cordillera: Formed by the collision of the North American and Pacific plates.
Interior plains: Made up of soil that was carried down by rivers from the Canadian Shield and deposited at it’s edge. Then, they turned into flat lands, river valleys and rolling hills.
The Canadian Shield: Used to be a volcanic mountain range. Over time, weathering and erosion have worn land down to a landscape of flat, bare rocks, lakes, and wetlands.
St. Lawrence Lowlands: Formed when ice sheets retreated and pushed soils to make lowlands. When the ice sheets melted, huge lakes were created all over the St. Lawrence region.
Appalachians: Range of mountains that were worn down by glaciers and erosion. It made a diverse landscape of rolling hills, valleys, small mountains, highlands, and coastal fjords.
Topography Of Canada
Topography Of Canada
Arctic Region
The arctic region consists of plains, lowlands, and mountains. The sedimentary rock has been pushed up by the pressure at the northeastern edge of the Canadian Shield, forming a range of fold mountains. Kettle lakes and glaciers are found in that area as well, along with plenty minerals located in the mountainous areas.
Baffin Mountains (Located in Nunavut)
Cordillera Region
The cordillera region is a diverse landscape made up of parallel mountain ranges separated by plateaus, trenches, and valleys in British Columbia and Yukon. This area which also includes dormant volcanoes, glaciers, and ice fields, is part of a chain of mountains that stretch from Alaska to Chile. The landform was formed through plate tectonics movement. Plate collision caused the earth’s crust to push together and folded volcanic rock into mountains.
Montane Cordillera
(Incorporated in the valleys of Bristish Columbia such as the Albertafoothills and Okanagan Valley)
Interior Plains region
The Interior Plains spread from the Canadian Shield to the Cordillera mountains. They formed when soil carried away by rivers from the Canadian Shield deposited at its edge. Sedimentary rock was then formed, which became areas of flat land, rolling hills, and river valleys. Overtime, remains of plants and animals were pressed between sedimentary layers, which formed deposits of fossil fuels (oil, gas) and evaporites (potash).
(Located in Calgary)
Made by Ana Popa
Five Themes Of Geography
The Earth is divided into the five themes of geography. It includes location, place, regions, movement, and human & environmental interaction.
Firstly, there are two types of locations, absolute and relative. An absolute location is a very specific location in terms of position on the globe, using altitude and latitude. A relevant location is more approximate and it depends on a first reference point.
Secondly, there are two types of places, physical landscape and cultural landscape. The physical landscape is created naturally, such as rivers , while the cultural landscape is created by humans, such as roads .
Thirdly, there are three types of regions; there is formal, functional and perceptual regions. A formal region is defined by the government or other structures, like cities, states, mountain ranges. A functional region is created for a specific activity, such as the tri-cities, garbage pick up and translink. A perceptual region reflects human feelings and attitudes about areas; they are based more on opinions rather than facts, such as North & South side of PoCo.
There is also movement which includes globalization. This is when the world starts changing; the fast movement of communication, including people’s ideas, objects, etc, takes place throughout the world.
Lastly, there is human and environmental interaction. It describes how the actions of people change the natural environment and how humans adapt to but also depend on the environment (industries, construction, roads, etc).
Port Coquitlam
Location:
Absolute- PoCo is located at 49.2625° N, 122.7811° W
Relative- PoCo is located south side from Coquitlam
Place:
Physical Landscape- Fraser River, Pitt River, Coquitlam River, etc
Cultural Landscape- Gates & Central park, etc
Region:
Formal- Port Coquitlam is bounded with Coquitlam, Port Moody, Pitt Meadows, and Surrey.
Functional- SD43 has the tri-cities combined (Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam and Port Moody).
Perspective- Citizens of PoCo mentally divide the city into two parts, north & south side.
Movement:
Globalization- Terry Fox used to live in PoCo. The Terry Fox Run, named after him, spread cancer awareness throughout the country.
Human and Environmental Interactions:
Citizens build new roads and construct agriculture which is affecting the environment.