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Geographic Regions
Rocky Mountains
Badlands
Climate/Urban
Rivers
100
What are the geographic regions?
Mountains, foothills, and Canadian Shield
100
What 4 provinces/territories does the Rocky Mountain pass through?
Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories.
100
What is a hoo doo?
Tall, pillar looking rock
100
What does rural mean?
Living in the country
100
What large body of water does the Saskatchewan River system empty into?
The Hudson Bay
200
What covers most of Alberta? What kind of land?
interior plains
200
From what place to what place do the Rocky Mountains extend to?
Yukon to Mexico
200
Where are the badlands?
Southeastern Alberta
200
what does urban mean?
Living in the city
200
What river in southern Alberta drains into the Missouri River?
The Milk River
300
What is along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains?
foothills
300
What is the highest peak in Alberta?
Mount Columbia, 3,747 meters.
300
How did the badlands form?
Erosion, wind and water took away parts of the rocks.
300
What is the warm dry air called
Chinook
300
What is the name of the artificial lake that was created by a dam?
Diefenbaker Lake
400
In the north the prairie region gives way to what kind of land?
Parkland
400
What is the Continental Divide?
Separates rivers flowing west into the Pacific Ocean from those going into the Atlantic Ocean.
400
What has erosion exposed?
fossils of petrified wood, dinosaur bones, ancient shellfish
400
What is the average temperature in Summer?
20c
400
What is the name of the most important river system in southern Alberta?
The Saskatchewan River
500
Where does the land become swampy?
North of the Saskatchewan River.
500
How were the Rocky Mountains formed?
intense heat, pressure from inside the earth, layers of rock were slowly squeezed together, and then pushed and folded.
500
Why can't many plants grow in the badlands?
infertile soil, harsh conditions,
500
Why is there a wide range of weather in Alberta
The warm air from the Pacific Ocean is blocked by the Rocky Mountains.
500
Name the 4 rivers that Alberta rivers drain into?
Mackenzie River, N & S Saskatchewan River, and the Missouri River