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57 relations: Agriculture, Alberta, Athabasca oil sands, Bedrock, Birch Island Provincial Park, Bog, British Columbia, Canada, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Cretaceous, Cross Lake Provincial Park, Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Saskatchewan), Dune, Dunvegan Provincial Park, Ecozones of Canada, Elk Island National Park, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Evaporation, Foothills, Forestry, Fort McMurray, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Grande Prairie, Greenwater Lake Provincial Park, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Interior Plains, La Ronge, Lake Agassiz, Lake Winnipegosis, Lakeland Provincial Park and Recreation Area, Lumber, Manitoba, McGill University, Meadow Lake Provincial Park, Meltwater, Montane Cordillera Ecozone (CEC), Narrow Hills Provincial Park, Natural Resources Canada, Northwest Territories, Peace River Country, Prairies Ecozone, Precipitation, Prince Albert National Park, Riding Mountain National Park, River delta, Rocky Mountains, Saskatchewan, Soil, Taiga Plains Ecozone (CEC), Taiga Shield Ecozone (CEC), ..., Tertiary, The Pas, Thunder Lake Provincial Park, Wetland, Whooping crane, Whooping Crane Summer Range, Wood Buffalo National Park. Expand index (7 more) »
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.
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Alberta
Alberta is a western province of Canada.
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Athabasca oil sands
The Athabasca oil sands (or tar sands) are large deposits of bitumen or extremely heavy crude oil, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada – roughly centred on the boomtown of Fort McMurray.
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Bedrock
In geology, bedrock is the lithified rock that lies under a loose softer material called regolith at the surface of the Earth or other terrestrial planets.
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Birch Island Provincial Park
Birch Island Provincial Park was designated a provincial park by the Government of Manitoba in 2010.
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Bog
A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Commission for Environmental Cooperation
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC; Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental; Commission de coopération environnementale) was established by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to implement the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), the environmental side accord to the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.
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Cross Lake Provincial Park
Cross Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located west from Athabasca and north of Westlock.
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Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Saskatchewan)
Duck Mountain Provincial Park is a Saskatchewan Provincial Park, located 14 km east of the town of Kamsack and stretches some 12 kilometres eastward to the Saskatchewan/Manitoba boundary.
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Dune
In physical geography, a dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.
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Dunvegan Provincial Park
Dunvegan Provincial Park and Historic Dunvegan are a provincial park and a provincial historic site of Alberta located together on one site.
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Ecozones of Canada
The ecozones of Canada consist of fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones in Canada.
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Elk Island National Park
Elk Island National Park (parc national Elk Island) is a national park in Canada that played an important part in the conservation of the American bison.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada (or simply its former name, Environment Canada, or EC) (Environnement et Changement climatique Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act (R.S., 1985, c. E-10), is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and renewable resources.
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Evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gaseous phase before reaching its boiling point.
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Foothills
Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increase in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area.
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Forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human and environment benefits.
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Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray is a population centre, technically classified as an urban service area, in the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada.
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Fort St. John, British Columbia
The City of Fort St. John is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city encompasses a total area of about with 18,609 residents at the 2011 census Located at Mile 47, it is one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway. Originally established in 1794, as a trading post, Fort St. John is the oldest European-established settlement in present-day British Columbia. Fort St. John is served by the Fort St. John Airport. The municipal slogan is Fort St. John: The Energetic City.
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Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie is a city in northwest Alberta, Canada within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country.
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Greenwater Lake Provincial Park
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park is located in eastern Saskatchewan on Highway 38.
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Hay River, Northwest Territories
Hay River (Xátł’odehchee //), known as "the Hub of the North," is a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Hay River.
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Interior Plains
The Interior Plains is a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of central North America.
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La Ronge
La Ronge is a northern town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Lake Agassiz
Lake Agassiz was a very large glacial lake in central North America.
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Lake Winnipegosis
Lake Winnipegosis is a large (5,370 km²) lake in central North America, in Manitoba, Canada, some 300 km northwest of Winnipeg.
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Lakeland Provincial Park and Recreation Area
Lakeland Provincial Park and Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area are located east of Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, in Lac La Biche County.
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Lumber
Lumber (American English; used only in North America) or timber (used in the rest of the English speaking world) is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.
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Manitoba
Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.
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McGill University
McGill University is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Meadow Lake Provincial Park
Meadow Lake Provincial Park is a northern boreal forest recreational park on the Waterhen River (Saskatchewan).
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Meltwater
Meltwater is water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice, tabular icebergs and ice shelves over oceans.
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Montane Cordillera Ecozone (CEC)
The Montane Cordillera Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is an ecozone in south-central British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, Canada (an ecozone is equivalent to a Level I ecoregion in the United States).
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Narrow Hills Provincial Park
Narrow Hills Provincial Park is provincial park in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Natural Resources Canada
The Department of Natural Resources (Ministère des Ressources naturelles), operating under the FIP applied title Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is the ministry of the government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing.
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Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (NT or NWT; French: les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO; Athabaskan languages: Denendeh; Inuinnaqtun: Nunatsiaq; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ) is a federal territory of Canada.
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Peace River Country
The Peace River Country (or Peace Country) is an aspen parkland region centring on the Peace River in Canada.
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Prairies Ecozone
The Prairies Ecozone is a Canadian terrestrial ecozone which spans the southern areas of the Prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
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Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.
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Prince Albert National Park
Prince Albert National Park encompasses in central Saskatchewan, Canada and is located north of Saskatoon.
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Riding Mountain National Park
Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada.
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River delta
A river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water.
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Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders.
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Soil
Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
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Taiga Plains Ecozone (CEC)
The Taiga Plain Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a Canadian terrestrial ecozone that covers most of the western Northwest Territories, extending to northwest Alberta, northeast British Columbia and slightly overlapping northeastern Yukon.
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Taiga Shield Ecozone (CEC)
The Taiga Shield Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is an ecozone which stretches across Canada's subarctic region.
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Tertiary
Tertiary is the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago, a timespan that occurs between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary.
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The Pas
The Pas (Le Pas) is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located at the confluence of the Pasquia River and the Saskatchewan River within Division No. 21 in the Northern Region.
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Thunder Lake Provincial Park
Thunder Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada, and is located west of Edmonton, on the shore of the park features setting for boating, water-skiing, swimming, running, fishing and camping.
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Wetland
A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.
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Whooping crane
The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest North American bird, is an endangered crane species named for its whooping sound.
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Whooping Crane Summer Range
Whooping Crane Summer Range is a 16,895 km² wetland complex in the boreal forests of northern Alberta and southwestern Northwest Territories in Canada.
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Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest National Park of Canada at.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreal_Plains_Ecozone_(CEC)
