Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Prairies, Solar Transition Region, Top Priority
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Living and working in a common space inevitably leads to the formation of a regional identity. This is a product of a regions physical geography, historical events and economic situation. People place their imprint on the landscape just as landscapes influence their lives and activities what is regionalism. The division of a large area into different parts some countries are more prone to regionalism than others ex. India, china, united states, australia, russia huge land mass. The british north america act (1867) gave considerable power to the provinces ex. It has distinguishing human or natural characteristics that set it apart from other areas. The boundaries of regions are related to faultlines. Vegetation region grassland, desert, etc. functional region there are interactions among different areas within the region (ex. The urban part of the region and the periphery) ex. The number is unlimited because of their subjective nature.