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Chapter 6

Chapter 6. Physical Geography. Section 1. Land and Water. Land Mass??. Land size Canada is bigger People U.S. has 10 times more people. Special Features of U.S. Rocky Mountains Largest mountain system in North America Appalachian Mountains 2nd largest mountain range

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Chapter 6

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  1. Chapter 6 Physical Geography

  2. Section 1 Land and Water

  3. Land Mass?? • Land size • Canada is bigger • People • U.S. has 10 times more people

  4. Special Features of U.S. • Rocky Mountains • Largest mountain system in North America • Appalachian Mountains • 2nd largest mountain range • Known as the Laurentian Highlands in Canada • Death Valley • Hottest place in North America • Glaciers • Huge slow moving sheets of ice

  5. Special Features of Canada • Yukon Territory • East of Alaska • Mt. Logan - Highest Peak • Canadian Shield • Rugged, rocky land • St. Lawrence Lowlands • Manufacturing, farming, large part of population

  6. Water • The Great Lakes • Huron • Ontario • Michigan • Erie • Superior • Lake Michigan is the only one that lies within the U.S.

  7. Water - Rivers • Canada • Mackenzie River • Rockies-north into Arctic Ocean • St. Lawrence River • Connects Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean

  8. Water - Rivers • United States • Mississippi River • MN to Gulf of Mexico • Missouri River • Ohio River • Tributary • A stream or river that flows into a larger river

  9. Flowing Rivers • Continental Divide • The boundary that separates rivers flowng toward opposite side of the Continent. • Rocky Mountains

  10. Section 2 Climate and Vegetation

  11. Canada’s Climate • Overall very cold • Oceans - mild climates • Inland - Very cold in winter, Very hot in summer (like ND) • Mountains - cause precipitation on one side of mountains • Rain Shadow • An area on the dry, sheltered side of a mountain that receives little rainfall

  12. United States Climate • Greater Variety of Climates than Canada • Tropics - Florida • West coast marine • Mountains - Rain Shadow (deserts) • Continental Climates (plains and East coast) • Much of the climate varies by latitude

  13. Vegetation • Tundra • Cold, dry region covered with snow more than half of the year • Prairies (plains) • Rolling grassland • Desert Scrub • Short grasses (grazing) • Forests • Cover 1/3 of U.S.- Cover 1/2 of Canada

  14. Section 3 Natural Resources

  15. Natural Resources of the United States • Soil • Dark soil -Midwest and South • Alluvial - Along the Mississippi and other river valleys - deposited by water and floods • Water • Drinking, irrigation, manufacturing, shipping. • Hydroelectricity - power generated by moving water

  16. Natural Resources of the United States • Energy • Coal, oil, natural gas • Minerals • Copper, gold, granite, iron ore, lead • Trees • Pacific NW, South, Great Lakes

  17. Natural Resources of Canada • Farmland • 9% is of Canada’s land is suitable for farming • Prairie Provinces & St. Lawrence Lowlands • Minerals and Energy • Canadian Shield - Northern Canada • Prairie Provinces - Oil and Natural Gas • Hydroelectricity • Forests

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