EQ: Where are the major physical features of Canada...
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EQ: Where are the major physical features of Canada located?
• What do we need to be able to do?
– Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.
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Where is Canada?
• Describe Canada’s location on the world map.
• Describe Canada’s location in relation to the United States.
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Where are the major physical features of Canada located?
• Today, we are going to locate …
– Atlantic Ocean
– Pacific Ocean
– St. Lawrence River
– Hudson Bay
– Great Lakes
– Rocky Mountains
– Canadian Shield
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Atlantic Ocean • The Atlantic Ocean is on Canada’s east coast
• It is the second largest ocean.
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Pacific Ocean • The Pacific Ocean is on Canada’s west coast.
• Largest and deepest ocean
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St. Lawrence River
• Connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
• Important to Canada’s history because it allowed explorers to travel into North America by water
• Important natural resource – water and trade route
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St. Lawrence River
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Hudson Bay • A gulf in east-central Canada
• Connected to Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
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Great Lakes
• form part of the border with the United States.
• Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario are split between the United States and Canada. Lake Michigan is only in the U.S.
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Great Lakes
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Rocky Mountains
• Stretch over 3000 miles from British Colombia in Canada to New Mexico in the United States
• Mount Robson is the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies at nearly 13,000 feet.
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Rocky Mountains
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Canadian Shield
• covers a large part of eastern and central Canada
• It has ancient rock just below and sometimes sticking out of the soil.
• The area is known for its thin, rocky soil and rough, rolling landscape. This region has many lakes and rivers and is rich in minerals
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Canadian Shield * see the next slide, as well
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Canadian Shield