canadian shield by: maya, gregory, and niam animal life in the forest, moose and deer are common ...
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CANADIAN SHIELD
By: Maya, Gregory, and Niam
Animal Life In the forest, moose and deer are
common
many fur-bearing animals make
homes in this region, for example:
Bears, Foxes and, Lynx
they grow heavy warm coats as an
adaption winter cold
fresh water are plentiful in lakes and
rivers
Fish grow very large because there is
little commercial fishing
fly-in sport fishing is an industry that
takes advantage of unspoiled
environment and plentiful fish
PHYSICAL FEATURES Have rocky hills, thousand lakes, river,
and streams,
Layer of soil over rock thin in most places
Glaciers of ice age spread across region
Weight of ice scraped surface of rocky hills
Loose rock and soil were pushed and
dragged great distance
When glaciers malted and retreated, rock
hills, and gravel beds
Many river systems of the Canadian shield
flow towards Hudson bay
NATURAL RESOURCES
Click icon to add picture- The Canadian Shield is a region
rich with natural resources Such as
water, forests and minerals
- Forests gives us many different
uses such as paper and furniture
- Many rivers of the region are used
to make hydroelectricity
- Mining is one of the most
important industries in the area
IMPORTANT ISSUES
- Factories and cars create a lot of
pollution. Smelters for processing
minerals such as nickel create a lot
of pollution
- Chemicals from factories and cars
come into contact with cloud
moisture and melt and creates acid
rain. Snowflakes can be acid as well
It has a negative effect on everything
it touches . Pollution can damage
soil, water, vegetation
CLIMATE
• Winters in Canadian Shield
are cold.
• Snow falls are heavy.
• Summers similar to Arctic
lowlands.
• Farther south summer
warmer and humid
• Southern Canadian Shield
1600mm precipitation.
• Much snow falls rain in
summer common.
VEGETATION• Northern area tundra
vegetation• Small plants , mosses ,
low shrubs• Farther trees and
shrubs grow• Between rocky hills and
boggy wetlands are called muskeg
• Muskeg formed living dead vegetation [fills in lakes]
• Many trees killed by acid rain