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The Canadian Shield Chris Torrie, Nolan Young and Colin Wong Slide 2 Landscape -8 million square kilometers -Largest Continental shield in Canada hi chloe -A large variation of environments -goes from the usa to canada and greenland Slide 3 Landscape continued -Large amounts of smooth rock -Most of the old mountain ranges are run down by glaciers -Most of the mantle was carried away by the glaciers -Ice smoothed hills Hi lucia Slide 4 Natural Resources The canadian shield holds some of the most historic rocks in North America Slide 5 Minerals - Rich in many resources - Contains large amounts of gold, copper and iron Slide 6 Rocks -Mostly igneous and metamorphic -Igneous - granite, basalt -Metamorphic - schists, marble Slide 7 Trees Eastern Canadian Shield taiga Midwestern Canadian Shield Forests Slide 8 Fish Slide 9 Climate Many different regions Many different Climates Slide 10 Canadian shield subdivisions North: hudsons bay Quebec Ontario/Manitoba Slide 11 The North Very cold Not lots of precipitation A polar desert Slide 12 Quebec -5 to -15 Winter 20 to 30 in Summer 900 mm of rain annually Slide 13 Ontario/Manitoba Summer: 25-15 winter: -5 - -15 Precipitation: 750-1000mm Slide 14 Major Cities Sudbury Ottawa Montreal Quebec Iqaluit Thunder Bay Winnipeg Slide 15 References 1. The canadan shild climate, blogspot http://thecoolcanadianshield.blogspot.ca/2010/05/climate.html http://thecoolcanadianshield.blogspot.ca/2010/05/climate.html 2. nunavut tourism, environment Canada, http://www.nunavuttourism.com/about-nunavut/weather-climate http://www.nunavuttourism.com/about-nunavut/weather-climate 3. Canadian Shield, Nature Conservancy Canada http://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/ontario/our- work/canadian-shield.htmlhttp://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/ontario/our- work/canadian-shield.html 4. Origin of the great lakes by Diastrophic process http://www.sentex.net/~tcc/gtl-shield.htmlhttp://www.sentex.net/~tcc/gtl-shield.html Encyclopedia Britannica, Canadian Shield http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91992/Canadian-Shieldhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91992/Canadian-Shield 5. Canadian Shield, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shieldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shield 6. Boreal shield http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/borealshield/borealshield.htmhttp://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/borealshield/borealshield.htm 7. quebec, Quebec portal, http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=enhttp://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en 8. Quebec original, Quebec from the ground up, http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en 9. ontario, wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario#Climatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario#Climate 10. http://www.answers.com/Q/Vegetation_on_the_Canadian_shield