Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The most known activities incorporate mining, forestry, fisheries, hunting, and hydroelectricity. Here is a link to a prezi presentation i did for the oklahoma academy of science in november. Vegetation boreal forest covers most of canadian shieldhas sandy soil spruce pine fir. At a coarse scale, fire is less common in newfoundland and labrador, and quebecs north shore, compared with western quebec. A patchwork of wetlands, meadows, and shrublands covers this area.
Boreal shield human economic activity future changes to the environment based on these impacts the boreal shield include many human economic activities. Viewed by satellite, the face of canada reveals six clearly defined landform regions. Today it is a massive rolling plain of ancient bedrock. Mar 11, 2015 by kate marcos and jade cruz canadas ecozone animation by. The beautiful forest in the boreal shield is full of wonderful tall soaring trees. Pdfs are available for you to download, although its important to keep in mind. Cordillera, interior plains, canadian shield, great lakesst.
East of kingston, the thousand islands an intrusion of the canadian shield divides southern ontarios lowlands from the st. This natural region popularly known as shield country extends 3,800 kilometres from saskatchewan to newfoundland and labrador. It superimposes a mantle of evergreens over much of the canadian shield, imperfectly hiding a rugged landscape still showing the scars of glacial assault and retreat. For thousands or millions of years, magma slowly burst traveled up the cracks of the earths crust and gradually cooled into igneous rock, and with the heat and pressure of even more magma, forms metamorphic rock. To the north coniferous trees, such as black spruce and jack pine decorated the rocky, rolling land. More than 30% of the canadian boreal forest has been reserved for some form of current or future industrial development overall. An introductory prezi allows the instructor to assess students prior knowledge. Also found are the boreal owl, great horned owl, evening grosbeak and blue jay. Stretching from windsor to the city of quebec, this narrow plain is canadas smallest landform region, but by far the most populous. The northern regions of the boreal forest consists of four ecozones taiga cordillera, taiga plains, taiga shield and hudson plains that are the most thinly treed areas where the growing season and average tree size progressively shrinks until the edge of the arctic tundra is. Esker is a worldwide leader in aidriven backoffice automation, helping. Boreal cordillera ecozone by skye thompson on prezi. Some of the larger herbivore mammals in the boreal shield include woodland caribou, barrenground caribou, whitetailed deer, and moose and some of the larger carnivore include black bear, lynx, bobcat, and wolf.
Some aquatic mammals found in the boreal shield include grey seal, harp seal. It is approximately 1 800 000 kilometers squared making it roughly 20% of canadas land mass. A similar pattern occurs in the western boreal shield, where fire occurrence increases from western ontario westward, with very little fire activity in the hudson plains, which is a very wet ecozone. Some of the smaller herbivores and carnivores include raccoon, striped skunk, eastern chipmunk, beaver. In kapuskasing, the first community on the shield where a provincial government became involved in planning, curvilinear streets, attention to topography, and other aspects of contemporary british gardencity planning were adopted. They bkreal what appear to be layers, from snowcovered peaks and alpine meadows to spectacular treecovered river valleys. The vegetation in the boreal shield is mixed between coniferous and deciduous trees. Ppt arctic cordillera powerpoint presentation, free download id. The songbird perhaps most often associated with this part of the canadian shield is the whitethroated sparrow. Once higher than the rockies, these uplands formed 500 million years ago. It stretches from saskatchewan to the very tip of newfoundland and labrador. Some examples of coniferous trees found in the north of th is ecozone are black and white spruce, jack p. Because of the last ice age that ended 10 000 years ago, the advance of glaciers have been carving striations in the bedrock and carrying large boulders many kilometres. Prezi or other computer programs are suggested for longer presentations.
The boreal shield ecozone, as defined by the commission for environmental cooperation cec, is the largest ecozone in canada. Generally, an ebook can be downloaded in five minutes or less. On the southern side deciduous trees such as yellow birch and maple sugar tickle the sky as they sway with the wind. Recent trends and variability in canadian arctic sea ice. New resource roads are pushing further and further north into the heart of the boreal each year, demonstrating the need to conserve large portions of the forest to create a balance in the boreal forest. The main four provinces are saskatchewan, manitoba, ontario, and quebec. The largest ecozone in canada, the boreal shield covers 1. Because of their ushaped form, the valleys are commonly called rocky mountain troughs. Resource communities on the shield, like copper cliff, depended on a single industry and attracted immigrant labour. Virtually two thirds of the country is situated on shield rock. Outline the predominant physical features of the regions of canada, including the western cordilleran, interior plains, canadian shield, great lakesst.
The bulk of this land lies in quebec and ontario, which together have 40 percent of canadas commercial forest. Situated where an evergreen forest overlies the canadian shield, the boreal shield is the largest of canadas terrestrial ecozones. The boreal shield is located from alberta to newfoundland, and is on the canadian shield. The shield covers northern parts of saskatchewan, the middle section of manitoba, all of ontario except for an area close to hudson bay, a large southern portion of quebec, a few parts of labrador and all of newfoundland. By kate marcos and jade cruz canadas ecozone animation by. There are nine major cities consisting in the boreal shield.
The boreal shield has many different types of landforms, it goes from alberta to newfoundland so the landform types will be different due to the location that they are in. Largest of canadas terrestrial ecozones, the boreal shield is one vast ecozone stretching from northern alberta to newfoundlands eastern coast. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are byproducts of smelting and refining certain metal ores and of fossil fuel combustion for transportation, power generation, and heating. The boreal shield was once a landscape that was crisscrossed by towering mountain chains.
Near the canadian border in the northern cascades, the twin sisters dunite. Animals must adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. Some examples of coniferous trees found in the north of th is ecozone are black and white spruce, jack p in and balsam fir. The boreal shield is canadas largest terrestrial ecozone. All these regions occupy significant portions of canadas vast expanse. Shield interesting facts boreal shield ecozone industrialization, specifically pollution caused by it has caused many problems for the boreal shield its soils and waters are highly affected by rises in ph levels acid rain, and other air pollutants have take its toll it may be. Scientists refer to the area where the canadian shield and the boreal forest overlay, perhaps intersect, the boreal shield, the largest of canadas 15 terrestrial ecozones. The boreal plains ecozone, as defined by the commission for environmental cooperation cec, is a terrestrial ecozone in the western canadian provinces of manitoba, saskatchewan and alberta. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading boreal shield watersheds. Among the more common waterfowl species that summer here are the bufflehead, american black duck, wood duck, ringnecked duck and canada goose. Threats to the canadian boreal forest boreal songbird.
In terms of volume of wood cut, quebec and ontario rank second and third after british columbia. Across the boreal shield ecozone, the forestry industry harvests some 400,000 ha of timber a year. The appalachian mountains, this regions dominant feature, extend from newfoundland into the eastern united states. How to be productive at home from a remote work veteran.
Hiking in either broadleaf or coniferous forests hunting of various large animals whale watching fishing in. Jan 03, 2020 boreal cordillera ecozone by skye thompson on prezi. Canadian historythe wildlife of the lands wikibooks, open. Content narration acid precipitation has long been a problem in the boreal shield. It also has minor extensions into northeastern british columbia and southcentral northwest territories.
Boreal shield ecozone julia jugoon landforms climate soil location vegetation mixedwood plains boreal shield example of swampy areas coniferous forest deciduous. Canadas boreal region can be divided into seven ecozones. The lynx, for example, has long legs and big, furry feet to help them move. Almost two thirds of the country lies on shield rock. The islands and kabetogama peninsula are part of the canadian shield. To download individual chapters for printing, visit the website for the west. The canadian atlas online mining historical atlas of canada. For the boreal shield, the boundary between the hudson plains and boreal shield ecozones was updated within ontario, and newfoundland is treated as a. Scientists call the area where the canadian shield and the boreal forest overlap the boreal shield, the largest of canadas 15 terrestrial ecozones. Central guide and click downloads on the chapter menu to the left. The largest ecozone, the boreal shield, extends in a broad, ushape from northern saskatchewan to newfoundland. For the landform covering a larger region, see canadian shield. These are part of canadas precambrian shield, the ancient core of the.
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