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Atlantic Canada
Our Global Village Location
Region
Region - A distinctive part of the earth that
has consistent or easily recognizable
physical or cultural features such as:
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coastal regions
rainforests
resource base (corn belt)
political structure and political boundaries
ethnic regions
cultural regions (religion, language)
income (developed or developing country)
The scale or size of a region can vary
greatly
Example: Annapolis Valley, Atlantic Canada
or North America could all be regions used
to describe a region
We live in the region
often referred to as
Atlantic Canada
The Atlantic Region
• The Atlantic Region is also known as “The
Appalachian Highlands” and is found on
Canada’s east coast
• Four of Canada’s provinces make up
Atlantic Canada:
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Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland/Labrador
The Atlantic Region
• Atlantic Canada is
found on the east
coast of North
America next to
the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Region
Location
We often ask questions such as “Where did it
happen?” and “How do you get there?”
We can answer with a relative location or an absolute
location
Relative Location
The general location of a place described in
terms of distance or direction from another
place
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The use of landmarks, eg. 400 meters past the soccer
field
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Time reference, eg. About 10 minutes down highway
#1
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Compass Direction, eg. Travel SW until you reach
Smith Rd.
In front of Scotiabank
Centre on Brunswick
Street in Halifax after
White Juan, the Blizzard
of 2004
Location
We often ask questions such as “Where
did it happen?” and “How do you get
there?”
We can answer with a relative location
or an absolute location
Absolute Location
The exact location of a point on the Earth’s
surface identified by coordinates
• Grid references, latitude, longitude, street
address
Knowing the specific
location of tropical
storms and hurricanes
helps people in Atlantic
Canada prepare for
potential natural
disasters
Latitude and Longitude
• Globes, maps, and charts have a
system of North-South and EastWest lines which make up the
Earth’s Grid
• This grid is the basis for locating
points on Earth
• Imagine a piece of graph paper
covering the planet
• A coordinate is the intersection of
two lines (latitude and longitude)
determines the exact location of a
point
“C4!”
“You sunk my
battleship!”
The Earth’s imaginary
grid works in a similar
way as you would play
the game Battleship
Latitude
• Imaginary lines on the
surface of the Earth,
drawn east to west to
show the distances
north or south of the
earth's equator
• Zero degrees latitude is
the equator, the "belt"
that goes around the
"waist" of the earth
• 90 degrees north is the
North Pole and 90
degrees south is the
South Pole
Equator
• Divides the earth into 2 halves
• Line midway between the poles around the earth’s
circumference
• Above the equator is north, below is south
Longitude
Longitude:
• Imaginary lines on
the Earth's surface
drawn north to
south from pole to
pole to show
distances east or
west from the
Prime Meridian at
Greenwich,
England.
Prime Meridian
Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
Longitude:
North
65 W
Latitude:
45 N
West
East
South
South
Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
Latitude 20 N
Longitude 80 W
West
East
South
Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
West
Latitude 50 S
Longitude 120 E
East
South
Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
West
East
Latitude 30 S
Longitude 50 W
South
Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
West
East
Latitude 20 S
Longitude 150 E
South
Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
Latitude 35 N
Longitude 85 W
West
East
South
International Date Line
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An imaginary line on the surface
of the Earth that runs from the
north pole to the south pole and
is used to indicate the change of
one calendar day to the next
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It passes through the middle of
the Pacific Ocean, roughly
following the 180° line
of longitude, but deviating to
pass around some territories
and island groups
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A traveler crossing the IDL
westbound adds 24 hours to
their clock, advancing the
calendar date by one day
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Crossing the IDL eastbound
results in 24 hours being
subtracted
The world is divided into 24 time zones
NS, NB, and PEI are in the Atlantic Time Zone
NFLD has its own time zone known as the
Newfoundland Time Zone which is 30
minutes ahead of the rest of Atlantic Canada
The Facts
• The Earth rotates once every 24 hours
• There are 360˚ in a circle
• It takes 24 hours for the earth to make a 360˚
rotation
• The Earth rotates from West to East
• 360˚ = 24 hours
• 15˚ = 1 hour