Canadian geography Flashcards
appellation region location
New York, Maine
Appalachian topography
rolling mountains made 300 000 000 years ago, also fertile plateaus and
Appalachian climate
controlled by two currents
Labrador current brings cold water south and gulf current brings warm water north
Appalachian vegetation
forested with coniferous and deciduous trees because they could survive I unproductive soil
coastal plains location
located right under Appalachian region, includes Florida, Mexico and Philadelphia
Coastal plains topography
less than 200 meters above sea level, mostly flat, a lot of marshes and swamps
coastal plains climate
north has extreme summers and winters
south has average seasons
coastal plains vegetation
very sandy, some jungles in Mexico originally pine forests
Great Lakes topography
rolling landscape created mainly by glaciation, flat plains
Great Lakes climate
humid, Great Lakes cool the region down in the summer
Great Lakes vegetation
heavily treed with a bunch of different types of trees
interior plains topography
in the middle of everything, contains three different elevations
interior plains climate
long hot summers and cold winters
interior plains vegetation
mixed deciduous trees, long grass, tundra
Canadian shield topography
Ontario quebec
barren rock
rivers lakes
100 - 500 meters above sea level