Topic: Geography Has Made Us Neighbors

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TopicGeography Has Made Us Neighbors
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Geography Has Made Us Neighbors

• Canada and the USA share several
• geographic features
• Coastal Plains
• Appalachian Mts.
• Rocky Mts.
• Great Plains/Central Plains
• 4 of the 5 Great Lakes (except Lake Michigan)

How do land forms have an impact on life/how
people live in the region?
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Mountains

• In the west
• tall, younger in age, rugged, peaks over 13,000
  feet
• Examples
• Rocky Mountains
• Alaska Range

• In the east
• not as high as the western mountains, old in
  age, and gentle rolling peaks of about
• 6000 feet
• Examples
• Appalachian Mts.
• Green Mts. (VT)
• Alleghenies (PA)
• Great Smokey (NC, TN)
• (no peaks over 6,700 ft.)

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Lakes

• System of lakes connecting the US and Canada
  
• and forms the largest body of fresh
  water in the world.
• Great Lakes
• Superior
• Huron
• Ontario
• Erie
• (shared by Canada and US)
• Michigan
• (only in US)

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Rivers

• St. Lawrence River
• Mackenzie River
• Mississippi River
• All these rivers are navigable and very important
  for transportation.

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Canadian Shield

• Canadian Shield a low plateau central and
  eastern Canada down into Minnesota, Wisconsin,
  and Michigan
• Was created when glaciers scraped away the soil
• Most areas are not good for farming
• Many lakes and swamps because glacial deposits
  block drainage

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Interior and Coastal Lowlands

• Rich agricultural area...
• includes Great Plains and Central Plains

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Climates

• The climates of the USA and Canada vary from
  place to place...

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Sections of the Countries

• USA
• Northeast
• South
• Midwest
• West

• Canada
• Atlantic Provinces
• Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Provinces
• Prairie Provinces
• British Columbia
• Territories