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Region (Location)	Climate	Population / Cities	Tourism	Plants	Trees
Canadian Shield (NE)	-Long winters, short summers, Temp: COLD (-40) 18in rain annually	Fort Chipiwayan	Carnival: -Moose calling -Dog sledding -Nail pounding	-Buffalo berries -Labrador tea	-Aspen -White and black Spruce
Boreal Forest (N)	-Long winters and short summers -Lots of rain and snow -13 degrees avg yearly temp	-Fort McMurray -Grand Prairie	N/A	-Tiger Lilly (medical purposes) -Marsh marigold	-Jack pine -Willow tree
Rocky Mountains (W)	Unpredictable weather -Mild summers -Tons of rain and snow -Very windy	-Jaspar -Banff -50 000 people approx	Camp Hike Ski Snow board Snow mobile Hot springs -Frank slide	Mountain blue bells -Blossom fir	-Douglas fir -Colorado blue spruce
Foothills (W)	-Moist air due to high precipitation -Gets weather from rocky mountains -Cold frosty winters Moist and cool	-Dog pound 21k people	-Hunting -Fishing	N/A	-Lodge pole pine -Poplar
Parklands (CE) *C = central	Lots of sun, not much rain -Dry air -Dry air means it doesn’t feel as cool resulting more likely to get frostbite	-Edmonton -Red deer	-Elk Island National park	-Saskatooon bushes	-Willow trees -Aspen trees
Grasslands (S, SE)	Very dry, Windy	-Calgary -Lethbridge -30% of Alberta’s pop	-Buffalo head jump, -Royal Tyrell museum	-Barley -Tall grass	-Birch -Pine

Region (Location)	Animals	Landforms and %	Natural Resources	Bodies of Water	Cool Facts
Canadian Shield (NE)	-Golden eagles -Paragon falcon -Beavers	-1% -Canadian shield -Metamorphic rocks	-Zinc -Coal	-Athabasca lake and river	-Some rocks are 2 billion years old
Boreal Forest (N)	-Grizzly bears -Snowshoe hares -Red foxes	-58% -Mostly trees -Bedrock	-Forestry -Mines -Electrical dams	-Peace river -Smokey river -Saskatchewan river	-625 dams
Rocky Mountains (W)	-Mountain goat -Pronghorn antelope -Big horn sheep	-15% of mass -Mountains	Coal mine -Nickel -Gold	-Lake Louise -Peyton Lake	-Chinook -Hot springs -Mount Columbia tallest mountain
Foothills (W)	-Bobcats -Wolves -Caribou	-18% -Rolling hills -long ridges	-Petroleum -Forestry	-Slave lake -Hay river	-Some lakes are poisonous -Gets nutrients form snow melting from mountains
Parklands (CE) *C = central	-White tailed deer -Canadian geese -Mule deer	-15% of Alberta -Murky, lots of bird sanctuaries -Fertile soil means rich in nutrients	-Oil and gas from rich land -Wheat -Canola	-Sullivan lake -Battle Lake	-Also called the Wetlands
Grasslands (S, SE)	-Rattle snakes -Coyotes -Buffalo	-14% Hoodoos – fragile sand rock, Erosion- water from old lakes remove dirt from hills / mountains / hoodoos -lots of valleys	-Iron -Mercury -Farms	-Bow river -Red deer river	-One point, 75 million buffalos -Biggest stampede in the world