Canadian geography Flashcards

1
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appellation region location

A

New York, Maine

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2
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Appalachian topography

A

rolling mountains made 300 000 000 years ago, also fertile plateaus and

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Appalachian climate

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controlled by two currents

Labrador current brings cold water south and gulf current brings warm water north

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4
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Appalachian vegetation

A

forested with coniferous and deciduous trees because they could survive I unproductive soil

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5
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coastal plains location

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located right under Appalachian region, includes Florida, Mexico and Philadelphia

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6
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Coastal plains topography

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less than 200 meters above sea level, mostly flat, a lot of marshes and swamps

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7
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coastal plains climate

A

north has extreme summers and winters

south has average seasons

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8
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coastal plains vegetation

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very sandy, some jungles in Mexico originally pine forests

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9
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Great Lakes topography

A

rolling landscape created mainly by glaciation, flat plains

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10
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Great Lakes climate

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humid, Great Lakes cool the region down in the summer

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11
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Great Lakes vegetation

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heavily treed with a bunch of different types of trees

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12
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interior plains topography

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in the middle of everything, contains three different elevations

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13
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interior plains climate

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long hot summers and cold winters

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14
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interior plains vegetation

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mixed deciduous trees, long grass, tundra

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15
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Canadian shield topography

A

Ontario quebec
barren rock
rivers lakes
100 - 500 meters above sea level

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16
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Canadian shield climate

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in the north the winters are long and cold

17
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Canadian sheild vegetation

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boreal forests

most trees suited to sandy soil

18
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the wester cordillera topography

A

very big mountains