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Canadian Prairies

Canadian Prairies . By: Michael & R aymond. Land shape. Starts were the rocky mountains end and become very flat very fast Tall forests give away to planes, lowlands, and grasses fields It is a 2000km valley of planes, forest, and farmlands Is very low and flat because of glaciations

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Canadian Prairies

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  1. Canadian Prairies By: Michael & Raymond

  2. Land shape • Starts were the rocky mountains end and become very flat very fast • Tall forests give away to planes, lowlands, and grasses fields • It is a 2000km valley of planes, forest, and farmlands • Is very low and flat because of glaciations • Wetland temporary form in years with high precipitation • Inland seas left behind by melting glaciers • Till plains and hummocky moraines, often with an abundance of glacial kettles are common in the prairies

  3. Size • It is 1,780,650.6 km2and 2000km in length • It covers all of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba

  4. Minerals/Rock • Has lots of minerals from glaciers such as gravel and quartzite • The prairies are made up of sedimentary rock • Manitoba contains uranium, oil and potash

  5. Water bodies • Lake Winnipeg: 24,514 square kilometre • Lake Claire: 1,436 square kilometre • Lesser slave lake: 1,168 square kilometre • Lake Athabasca: 7,898 square kilometre • Athabasca river: 1,538km

  6. Soil • Grasslands in the Canadian Prairies is dominated by Chernozemic soils • It is developed ranging from coarse sands through to fine-textured silts and clay loams • Different types of Chernozemic soils involve: • Brown Chernozemic, Very Brown Chernozemic , Black Chernozemic, and Dark Grey Chernozemic • Solozentic soils occur on soil climatic zones involving high concentration of salt • Regosolic soils appear on recent deposits such as alluvail flood plains and sand dunes • Greysolic soils are formed on wetland areas • This area has calcified soil witch makes it perfect for farming.

  7. Vegetation • Almost 95% of the Prairies have turned into farmland with a major plant population • Trees and shrubs are commonly found in the eastern region • Examples are: White Spruce, Black Spruce, Balsamfir, Tamarack, Water Birch, and etc.

  8. Climate • The climate in the Canadian Prairies ranges from semiarid to humid continental involving long and cold winters and short and warm summers along with cyclonic storms • Temperatures are usually high in the south involving very low elevation and lack of access to ocean’s buffering • Precipitation is usually low, however it slightly increases from south to north and east to west • Precipitation and high winds are the major causes to dry ecozone • Winters temperatures on average are -10°C while summer temperatures are 15°C averagely

  9. Industries • Agriculture crops/livestock ( wheat, oilseed, pulses, canola, barley, oats, Beef and dairy cattle, swine, horses, chickens, turkeys) there are about 125,321 farms in the parries and about 327,000 people are employed by agriculture. • Oil. This industry employs around 146,900 people and in the province that has the most oil it has caused there GDP per capital to be $74,825 the highest in Canada

  10. Tourism • West Edmonton mall is home to more than 800 stores and services • The mall is located at Edmonton, Alberta • Approximately 30.8 visitors yearly • Banff National Park has an area of approximately 6,641 square kilometres • Located at Calgary of Alberta • Every year Banff National Park attracts 4,000,000 visitors since 1996

  11. Key Cities • Edmonton, Alberta is the capital city of Alberta and North America’s most northern city having a population of over one million • The area of Edmonton is about 9246 square kilometres of land • Winnipeg, Manitoba is Manitoba’s capital city with a population of 1.2 million people currently living • Winnipeg’s area of land is about 5,303 square kilometres with a population density of 137 people per square kilometre

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