Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Urban Sprawl, Primary Sector Of The Economy, United States
13 Dec 2016
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Ontario has the largest population of canada"s regions. It has always been the economic engine of the country but in 2009 it received equalization payments from the government for the first time ever. Ontario: divided into northern on and southern on. Southern on is further divided into urban southern on (liberal) and rural s. on (conservative) Ontario is larger than most countries (over 1 million sq. km) Only 7% of its population lives in northern ontario. The niagara escarpment contains the most variable topography in southern ontario (red line in top pic) Summers in southern ontario are hot and humid. In winter, invasions of arctic air masses bring cold temperatures and bitter wind chills. Southern ontario has over half of the highest-quality agricultural land (class 1) in canada. Patches of trees growing b/w farmlands vs. the prairies: very dry so no big trees among farmlands (bottom pic) The french founded the first settlement in 1749 across the river from.
