Landform Regions:
Lets move on to unit 2 shall we, now in this part of the assignment I will be talking to you about land form regions.The definition for landform regions are recognizable naturally formed feature on the surface of the earth in a specific region some examples are mountains, plains, valleys, plateaus, and much more. Canada has a lot of these areas with naturally formed features like in the north of nunavut where iqaluit is there are rows of innuitian mountains, in the down part of Quebec and Newfoundland their is located the appalachians, covering yukon territory and British Columbia their are the western cordilleras, covering half of northwest territories, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan their are interior plains, covering half of northwest territories, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, and Nunavut their is the canadian shield, covering a part of northwest territories and Nunavut their are the arctic and hudson bay lowlands and finally covering a part of Toronto, Ottawa, and Quebec city their is the great lake-St.lawerence lowlands. According to this their are a lot of naturally formed features on the surface of Canada.
Lets move on to unit 2 shall we, now in this part of the assignment I will be talking to you about land form regions.The definition for landform regions are recognizable naturally formed feature on the surface of the earth in a specific region some examples are mountains, plains, valleys, plateaus, and much more. Canada has a lot of these areas with naturally formed features like in the north of nunavut where iqaluit is there are rows of innuitian mountains, in the down part of Quebec and Newfoundland their is located the appalachians, covering yukon territory and British Columbia their are the western cordilleras, covering half of northwest territories, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan their are interior plains, covering half of northwest territories, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, and Nunavut their is the canadian shield, covering a part of northwest territories and Nunavut their are the arctic and hudson bay lowlands and finally covering a part of Toronto, Ottawa, and Quebec city their is the great lake-St.lawerence lowlands. According to this their are a lot of naturally formed features on the surface of Canada.
Vegetation Zones:
Canada also has a lot of vegetation zones some of the vegetation zones are the tundra, boreal and taiga forests, mixed forest, deciduous forests, grasslands, cordilleran vegetation, and finally west coast forest. Also some canadian vegetation zones have good soils so this is how the canadian soil looks like first it starts off by the o horizon meaning humus that is the grass upland, than it is the a horizon which is the topsoil meaning rich in minerals and humus, then comes the b horizon that is the subsoil and this part of the soil is usually poor in humus and minerals, then comes the c horizon which is the weathered rock fragments, this part of the soil has little to no humus and minerals, and finally then comes the d horizon which is the bedrock. Soil consists of four parts each part does it jobs to provide the soil with richness so the soil consists of minerals, bacteria and organic material, air, and moisture. Minerals provide parent material which is just broken down rock ( clay, silt, sand), weathering allows the rocks to break down and then the nutrient found in the rocks allow plants to grow. Bacteria decomposes plant and animal matter, this provides nutrient also it creates humus because humus is created when plant and animal matter decays. Air is needed by plants or else they would die and humus is loose and has a lot of air pockets, these air pockets are created by worms and insects. Moisture (water) is needed to weather the rocks and decay the plant matter, water also dissolves and transports nutrient to plants. also the amount of temperature and precipitation given to the soil composition influence it so this is very important for vegetation zones because different regions have different temperatures meaning the vegetation in some areas is better or faster than others. As i said before in the moisture section water travels nutrients so that is called leaching the water moves down the soil taking nutrient with it. their is something called calcification which is a very dry climate but due to it being dry it takes the water and nutrient with it and evaporates this actually creates the thick topsoil rich in minerals. Some vegetation zones have this it is called permafrost this is just permanently frozen ground and this thaws in the summer but this means very little humus is being presented.
Canada also has a lot of vegetation zones some of the vegetation zones are the tundra, boreal and taiga forests, mixed forest, deciduous forests, grasslands, cordilleran vegetation, and finally west coast forest. Also some canadian vegetation zones have good soils so this is how the canadian soil looks like first it starts off by the o horizon meaning humus that is the grass upland, than it is the a horizon which is the topsoil meaning rich in minerals and humus, then comes the b horizon that is the subsoil and this part of the soil is usually poor in humus and minerals, then comes the c horizon which is the weathered rock fragments, this part of the soil has little to no humus and minerals, and finally then comes the d horizon which is the bedrock. Soil consists of four parts each part does it jobs to provide the soil with richness so the soil consists of minerals, bacteria and organic material, air, and moisture. Minerals provide parent material which is just broken down rock ( clay, silt, sand), weathering allows the rocks to break down and then the nutrient found in the rocks allow plants to grow. Bacteria decomposes plant and animal matter, this provides nutrient also it creates humus because humus is created when plant and animal matter decays. Air is needed by plants or else they would die and humus is loose and has a lot of air pockets, these air pockets are created by worms and insects. Moisture (water) is needed to weather the rocks and decay the plant matter, water also dissolves and transports nutrient to plants. also the amount of temperature and precipitation given to the soil composition influence it so this is very important for vegetation zones because different regions have different temperatures meaning the vegetation in some areas is better or faster than others. As i said before in the moisture section water travels nutrients so that is called leaching the water moves down the soil taking nutrient with it. their is something called calcification which is a very dry climate but due to it being dry it takes the water and nutrient with it and evaporates this actually creates the thick topsoil rich in minerals. Some vegetation zones have this it is called permafrost this is just permanently frozen ground and this thaws in the summer but this means very little humus is being presented.