PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

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Geology Concept Map

par Tre' Williams

Factors Affecting Volume and Speed of River

par Loi Daniel Rabe

Interactions with the Physical Environment

par C Peloso

National Parks

par Emanuele Cappadona

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY By Sameen I

CLIMATE SYSTEMS (LOWERNH)

PRECIPITATION

HUMAN

Agriculture

Raising CO2 levels

Pollution

Climate Change

NEAR WATER

Continental

Maritime

RELIEF PRECIPITATION

Orographic

ELEVATION

The lower the elevation, the hotter it is

The higher the elevation, the colder it gets

WIND

Nice sunshine from SW

Bad winter storms come from the NW

West to East

OCEAN CURRENT

LATITUDE

The lower the latitude, the hotter it is

The higher the latitude, the colder it gets

SOIL

CALCIFICATION

Dry Climate Regions

LEACHING

Wet Climate Regions

MINERALS

Provides Nutrition

ORGANIC MATTER

Fertilizers

Nitrogen and Carbon

Decomposing Leaves

WATER

AIR

NATURAL DISASTERS

BLIZZARD

TSUNAMI

LANDSLIDES

AVALANCHE

EARTHQUAKES

TORNADO

HURRICANE

WILDLIFE

EXTINCTION

ANIMALS

DESTRUCTION

VEGETATION

TUNDRA

Grow in Permafrost

Shrubs

Moss

GRASSES

Plains

CONIFEROUS

"Softwood"

Spruce

Pine

DECIDUOUS

"Hardwood"

Maple

Oak

CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS

PUKASKWA NATIONAL PARK

Canadian Shield

CAPE BRETON NATIONAL PARK

Appalachians

RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

Plateaus

POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK

Glaciation

ELLESMERE ISLAND NATIONAL PARK

Thermal Oasis

Innuitions

BANFF NATIONAL PARK

Western Cordillera

Alpine Meadows

CANADIAN LANDFORM REGIONS

INNUITIONS

WESTERN CORDILLERA

INTERIOR PLAIN

APPALACHIAN REGIONS

GREAT LAKES and ST. LAWRENCE RIVER LOWLANDS

CANADIAN SHIELD

ARCTIC and HUDSON BAY LOWLAND

EARTH'S LAYERS

INNER CORE

OUTER CORE

MESOSPHERE

ASTHENOSPHERE

LITHOSPHERE

CRUST

GEOLOGICAL TIME

CENOZOIC ERA

MESOZOIC ERA

PALEOZOIC ERA

PRECAMBRIAN ERA

EROSION'S

SOIL EROSION

WAVE EROSION

ICE EROSION

RIVER EROSION

WIND EROSION

GLACIATIONS

STREAMS OF WATER

MORAINES

KETTLE LAKES

DEPRESSIONS

Volcanic-Related

Structural/Tectonic-Related

Collapse-Related

Erosion-Related

ICE AGE

ROCKS

TYPES OF ROCKS

Magma/Lava

Metamorphic Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks

ROCK CYCLE

EARTH'S MOVEMENT

VOLCANOES

Landslides

30 km of land washed out

Flying Debris

2 Tonne rocks flying 2 km in distance

Pyroclastic Clouds

Poisonous Gas

Lava Flow

250 km/h

500 Degrees Celsius

FAULTING

FOLDING

PANGAEA

Plate Tectonics

Pacific Ring of Fire

EARTH IN SPACE

Earth's Rotation/Seasons