Detailed Analysis of Geographic and Economic Regions in Canada

This report provides an overview of the geographic and economic regions of Canada, emphasizing the importance of regional characteristics for effective planning and resource management. It discusses the Arctic land and Cordillera regions, highlighting their distinct features and limited economic activities. The report also examines the eight climatic regions of Canada and their impact on economic activities and environmental protection strategies. It stresses the significance of regional division for research, planning, disaster management, and the efficient allocation of resources, including natural resources such as oil, gas, and coal. The report references key sources to support its analysis, underscoring the need for understanding regional differences to address environmental and economic challenges effectively.

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Resources are limited and they have to managed well to serve the ever-growing
population of the country. To do this without destroying the environment, there has to be regions
whose characteristics are well documented so that planning is possible. In the world, there are
different characteristics of both the surface and atmospheric regions. The characteristics can on
the land may include the tectonic plates and movements or water content of the soil or the
vegetation on the surface. Atmosphere could be characterized by strong wing and other
phenomenon that form the weather (Geller & Singer, 2010). For instance, there are some region
in the Canada that receive four seasons of the climate in a well-defined manner while other
regions are just icy all through. To study such regions, it is important to divide the land into
sections where each section has different but distinctive characteristics that are unique to them.
The following paragraphs depicts some of the characteristics in such region and also of the
climate regions as well.
Artic land: this is the region that is northern part of Canada. It is approximately 3 million
square kilometers. It forms almost a third of Canada. The other region is cordillera. It is formed
by a system of mountains that extends on the west side of the Canada towards the artic land. It
almost a 1000 km wide. Almost 2 million km square of land is covered by the system whci
forms slightly less than 20% of total Canada. Cordillera is formed by mountains, plateau and
valleys. The large has very few population and very little economic activities takes place in such
areas. The land ha very limited vegetation cover (Milojević, 2010) .
As for the climatic region of Canada, there are about 8 of them. Other than influencing
the economic activities of the area, they also dictate on the methods that can be used to
effectively protect the environment in both long and short run. For instance, knowing which

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vegetation cover suits arctic region would ensure that a higher percentage of planted cover
service the serious climatic conditions. There are economic regions that serve to help the
government in making decisions about incentives, taxations among others (Milojević & Société
serbe de géographie, 2016) .
Dividing a land into different regions does not only make it easy for study and research,
but also for planning. For instance, the regions that faced with extreme cold or heat at given
seasons, government can offer advise on the economic activities to carry out for maximum
benefit to the country and the individuals. It is easy for disaster management team to prepare in
advance for anything of unfortunate events. Other than that, the government is able to plan and
create facilities that facilitate economic activities that are dictated by the climate. Natural
resources are known to be found in certain areas that posses given characteristics. Such resources
include oil, natural gas, hot springs and coal. Dividing land into several regions makes it easy to
know where to look for which resources and thereby reducing the wastage of government
resources (McDermott & McKeown, 2009).

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