Canada+-+The+Land

**Checklist: **
 * Directions: **On this page you are responsible for using 'Notebook" to create a map of the regions of your country and label those regions. You will also be responsible for writing a summary of each region. **I Can Statements: **
 * 1) I can use 'notebook' to create a regional map of Canada.
 * 2) I can label the regions of Canada.
 * 3) I can write a description of each region of Canada.
 * Our page has a title.
 * Our map represents the regions of Canada.
 * Each region of Canada is labeled appropriately.
 * We have a written description of each region of Canada.

Canada: The Land



The Cordillera: The word "cordillera" means a large chain of mountains or mountain ranges. Canada's Cordillera region is located on the west side of the country and includes the Rocky Mountains. The Cordillera region of Canada includes portions of British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. The northern area, where the highest are found, is unpopulated. Consequently, much of the north remains unspoiled. The people of Canada's Cordillera live on the coast or in valleys of British Columbia and Alberta, where the climate is milder and more predictable. The Plains: This region is basically flat and includes the eastern portion of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Within this region are escarpments (cliffs), low mountains, forests, wide river valleys and even sand dunes!

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">The human population tends to be greater in the southern region of the plains where towns and cities are usually situated beside a water source like a lake or river. The Plains region's climate is generally dry. Water is needed to irrigate crops and water livestock. Water is also a source of transportation for products, supplies, goods and services. <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The Canadian Shield: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Canadian Shield covers more than half of Canada reaching from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. Life in Canadian Shield is difficult because it is rugged. It is mostly covered by flat rocky ground and thick forests. There are also many lakes. The Canadian Shield’s primary industries are farming, mining and forestry. <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The North: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">The Northern Region is located in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Northern Quebec as well as the most extreme tip of Labrador and Newfoundland. The Northern Landscape is a combination (mix) of the Cordillera, Plains and the Great Canadian Shield and is the only landscape where there is permafrost (the ground is frozen all year). Some of the unique features found in this landscape include icecaps or glaciers, fjords, barren tundra, huge mounds of solid ice (pingos) treeline, northern lights and the polar ice pack.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">This region has 6 months of constant sunlight and then 6 months of continual darkness. This area of Canada has the lowest human population in Canada as a result of its unique landscape and climate conditions. The majority of the people live where the land is level and where there is a water nearby source. <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Like most other provinces of Canada, Ontario has a continental climate. Northern Ontario has long, very cold winters and short summers. The southern part of the province, however, enjoys the tempering effect of the Great Lakes. <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The Atlantic Region: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The area is located along Canada's east coast and includes the 4 maritime provinces as well as, the the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. The coastal climate varies throughout this region, but generally the further east you go, the warmer it gets. These areas are higher than the St. Lawrence, Great Lakes Region. The reason is because this area was a mountain range that formed millions and millions of years ago. Erosion and the movement of glacial ice wore these mountains down until what is left is an area full of rocks, many trees, rich soil, many lakes and coastal inlets.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Water is truly plentiful in this region which includes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as well, as the Canadian coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">There is also rich fertile soil found in some parts of this regions.