CANADA

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CANADAS ECOZONES

• Grade 9 Academic Geography
• Class Notes

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AGENDA

• Introduction to Canadas Ecozones (PPT)
• Ecozone Question Sheet
• Shading your own Ecozone Map

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What is an Ecozone?

• Using ecozones to study the land helps us to
  understand the interconnections among natural
  human systems.
• Canada has 15 ecozones
• - divided into 47 eco-provinces
• - further subdivided into 177 eco-regions
• - broken into 5395 eco-districts
• There are also 5 marine ecozones around Canada

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Map of Canadas 15 Ecozones

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Map of Canadas 5 Marine Ecozones

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Why Study Ecozones?

• Ecozones are useful for studying the land. They
• help us understand
• the interconnections among natural and human
  systems
• see humans as an essential part of the Earths
  ecosystem, rather than separate from it
• they are based on the combination of several
  characteristics landforms, climate, soil,
  vegetation, wildlife patterns of human activity

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BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITY

• Ecozones are based on a combination of
  characteristics. These are

Human Use
Landforms
Vegetation
Drainage
ECOZONES
Climate
Soils
Wildlife
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A) Landform Regions
Ecozone names are based on
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B) Climate Regions
Ecozone names are based on
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C) Vegetation Regions
Ecozone names are based on
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Ecozone names are based on
D) Geographic Location
Northern
Atlantic
Pacific
Southern
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MAPS USED TO DETERMINE ECOZONE REGIONS

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