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Geography 6.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Canadian Shield | a giant mass of rock, large region of Canada that covers over 50% of Canada |
| the three oceans that border Canada | Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic |
| Canada's Breadbasket | where all the agriculture in Canada is done |
| cordillera | chain of mountains |
| how do the chain of mountains run | begins in Alaska and runs all the way to the tip of South America |
| how do the chain of mountains run | Alaska --> tip of South America |
| Arctic and Innuitian Mountains | made up of mostly islands |
| in the south | hills |
| north | dominated by Innuitian mountains |
| how many lakes does Canada hold | 250,000 lakes |
| what percent of fresh water in the world does Canada hold | 20% |
| Where is the significant amount of the fresh water that Canada holds? | frozen in Arctic Ice |
| East | cold all year round average 61 in the summer and low 32 in the winter |
| SubPolar Climate | generally short summer and a very cold and long winter |
| Coniferous trees in the Subpolar Climate | Tiga |
| Great Lakes | 25% of Canadians live around this area, farmlands have six months of growing season |
| biggest city located in the area of the Great lakes | Toronto |
| 66 degree North latitude | polar climate, from below -30 ad for summer up to 50, from Nov to Feb it is dark all day |
| Interior plains | hot summers up to 100 degrees and winters as low as 0 degrees |
| Pincher Creek Alberta | in 1962 the temperature went from -2 to 72 in one hour |
| British Columbia | west coast of Canada, experiences Japan current which brings warmer weather over there, winters are wet but mild, summers do not exceed 80 degrees |
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