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U.S. and Canada: Landforms, Climate, and Vegetation. Chapter 5 – Sections 1 & 2 TEKS: 3B, 4A, 4B, 6A, 8C, 9A, 21A, 21C, 21D, 22B, 22C, 22D. U.S. and Canada – Vast Lands. Total area of any country: Russia Canada United States China Brazil
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U.S. and Canada:Landforms, Climate, and Vegetation
Chapter 5 – Sections 1 & 2
TEKS: 3B, 4A, 4B, 6A, 8C, 9A, 21A, 21C, 21D, 22B, 22C, 22D
U.S. and Canada – Vast Lands
Total area of any country:
Russia
Canada
United States
China
Brazil
Together, they fill 1/8 of the land surface on the earth.
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
- Eastern Mountain Chain
- 1,600 miles from Newfoundland to Alabama
- Includes, Green, Catskill, Blue Ridge, and Smoky Mountains
- 400 million years old
INTERIOR LOWLANDSThe Great Plains
Mostly treeless area
4,000 feet above sea level
Runs from southern Texas up through southern Canada.
Tornado Alley
CANADIAN SHIELD
Rocky, but mainly flat region
Lies far north in Canada
Covers about 18 million square miles
Encircles Hudson Bay
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Western mountain chain
Extend 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico
Line of highest points makes up Continental Divide
80 million years old
Tundra and Subarctic
Frigid winter temperatures are common.
Winters - long and bitterly cold
Summers - brief and chilly
Treeless plains in tundra, evergreens in subarctic.
Iqaluit, Nunavut (CAN)
Barrow, Alaska (USA)
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ranges
Highland climate and vegetation
The mtns. influence temp. and precip.
Western Mtns. trap Pacific moisture.
Moderate Climates:Humid Continental
Winnipeg, Manitoba (CAN)
Des Moines, Iowa (USA)
The north-central and NE United States and southern Canada.
Winters are cold and summers are warm.
Very productive agriculture area.
Moderate Climates: Marine West Coast
- Ranges from northern California to southern Alaska.
- Affected by Ocean currents, coastal mtns., and prevailingwesterlies – winds that blow from W-E in middle latitudes.
San Francisco, California (USA)
Vancouver, British Columbia (CAN)
