Canada: Physical Interactions
Supporting provincial and territorial geography and social studies courses and home schooling from coast to coast to coast, including CGC-1D in Ontario
Interactive gSlide set with maps of Landforms, Climate, Vegetation, Permafrost, Ecozones AND Climate Graphs from across Canada.
Canada: Relief Map (1.6mb)
(Wiki - more sizes)
Online Interactive gSlide set of maps, climate graphs and a profile across Canada
Online Topographic Maps of Canada
matched with Google Earth links
to build your map-reading skills
Formation of North America
Video 1:24
ACTIVITY
Exploring Landforms in Canada using ArcGIS Online
(ESRI Canada)
ACTIVITY
Canada's Natural Regions
ArcGIS Online Tutorial
ZIP file
Landform Regions
Landform Regions
Physiographic Regions
Physiographic Regions (Canadian Encyclopaedia)
Climate Influences – LOWERN
LOWERN = Latitude, Ocean Currents, Winds & Air Masses, Elevation, Relief, Nearness to Water
LOWERN
7 videos describing the six factors that affect climate (TDSB)
What factors affect temperature?
(Geographer Online 6:54)
Interactive Climate Graphs - Canada
gSlides: Begin at Slide 14
Jet Streams
and their effect on weather
The Weather Network - 1:23
Canada's Jet Stream
Elevation and Temperature
Adiabatic Warming/Cooling
Relief / Orographic Precipitation and Rainshadow
Relief / Orographic Precipitation and Rainshadow
Relief / Orographic Precipitation and Rainshadow
Nearness to Water
Comparison Climate Graph
Natural Vegetation
Natural Vegetation Regions
Forest Regions
Elevation: Alpine Vegetation
GeoHazards: Earthquakes, Climate, and Weather Hazards
Canadian Disaster Database
Public Safety Canada
Canada
Public Weather Alerts
Canada
Current Hurricane Tracks
Canada
Most Recent Earthquakes
GetPrepared.ca
Preparing a Family Emergency Kit
GetPrepared,ca - (3:00
ACTIVITY
Natural Events ArcGIS Online Activity
(zip file with instructional docs)
Hurricanes
Current Hurricane Tracks
Historical Hurricane Storm Tracks (CanadianGeographic)
When Hurricanes Track through Canada (CBC)
Earthquakes
Past Year of Earthquakes
Simplified Seismic Hazards Map
Historical Earthquakes
ArcGIS Earthquakes Map
Mapping Canada's Biggest Earthquakes
Canadian Geographic
‘Inevitable’ 9.0 earthquake, tsunami will hit Canada’s West Coast
GlobalNews article
How Canada is preparing for the next big earthquake
Canadian Geographic article
ACTIVITY
ArcGIS Online
Earthquakes Tutorial - PDF
ACTIVITY
ArcGIS Online
Exploreing Natural Events Tutorial - ZIP file
ACTIVITY
Divergent,Convergent and Transform Plates
ArcGIS Online StoryMap Tutorial
Tornadoes
Recent Tornadoes, by Year
(U Western Ontario)
Tornadoes 1980-2009
(Provincial Maps)
Tornadoes in Southern Ontario
11 of Canada’s worst tornado events over the years (TheStar)
List of 21st-century Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (Wiki)
Tornado Information (Canadian Red Cross)
Volcanoes
Volcanoes in Canada
Volcanoes in Canada (USask)
Volcanism of Canada (Wiki)
National Parks & Ecozones
National Parks
(High Res 6.1mb)
Ecozones
(Detailed Version)
Ecological Land Classification
Wiki
Terrestrial Ecozones
of Canada Descriptions (Dated, but still accurate)
Formation of Canada and North America
Cretaceous Q & A: Why are there so many dinosaur fossils in Alberta? (Royal Tyrrell Museum 2:1()
Where terranes collide
The Geology of Western Canada (Geology: 25min)
Appalachian Highlands
Formation of the Appalachian Mountains 480mya to 270mya (EARTH Magazine)
Formation of the Appalachian Mountains with captions ( Living Earth)
Western Cordillera
Formation of the Rocky Mountains
Wiki
How the Rocky Mountains Formed
1:04
Formation of British Columbia
QMI - 3:29
Terrane Accretion on BC and Yukon
OpenText-BC - Western Canada during the Mesozoic
Formation of the Rocky Mountains
OpenText-BC - Western Canada during the Mesozoic
Juan de Fuca Plate
off Vancouver, BC, Canada and the Pacific NW, USA
USGS
Deglaciation of North America
For more, see Continental Glaciation North America →
and Alpine Glaciation →