The Connection between the Population Distribution and the Geological Landforms The way that Canada’s population is distributed is very uneven and this is because of the way landforms have developed. The Continuous Ecumene, Discontinuous Ecumene and the Barren and scattered population will be discussed here. The Continuous Ecumene is on sediment rock, the Discontinuous Ecumene is on igneous rock, the Barren and scattered population is in the far north and in the high lands. The Continuous Ecumene is an area where most of the population lives. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence lowlands is a part of the continuous Ecumene because of the fertile soil, where you could build and grow farms. This is a flat land area, which makes things it easier
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In the western cordillera, there are patches of population because of the mountains. There are towns and communities in the plateaus and the valleys of the mountain ranges. There are only spots you can go through the mountain range of the Rocky Mountains that run north to south. In the Canadian Shield, there are valuable minerals and resources, we are able to get the minerals or resource effectively. In the north interior plains, there are fossil fuel deposits and we have people living there that are good and effective at retrieving these natural reason. That is why these areas have a Discontinuous Ecumene The barren or scattered population is where no one is living or is not inhabitable. In the Innutition, it is an area where there is permafrost, so the land is not able to grow plant life, and lacks accessibility. In the Arctic lowlands, there isn’t a lot of resource and the permafrost, it isn’t worth going after. In the Hudson Bay lowlands, it is a very swampy area so they couldn’t build on it. If you did, it would be flooded and have bad foundations. Therefore, the Continuous Ecumene, Discontinuous Ecumene, and Barren or Scattered population are in these places and as density in populations as they are. This is why Canada’s Ecumene’s and population patterns are this way. Canada has more areas that can’t be lived in then most of the other
In the western cordillera, there are patches of population because of the mountains. There are towns and communities in the plateaus and the valleys of the mountain ranges. There are only spots you can go through the mountain range of the Rocky Mountains that run north to south. In the Canadian Shield, there are valuable minerals and resources, we are able to get the minerals or resource effectively. In the north interior plains, there are fossil fuel deposits and we have people living there that are good and effective at retrieving these natural reason. That is why these areas have a Discontinuous Ecumene The barren or scattered population is where no one is living or is not inhabitable. In the Innutition, it is an area where there is permafrost, so the land is not able to grow plant life, and lacks accessibility. In the Arctic lowlands, there isn’t a lot of resource and the permafrost, it isn’t worth going after. In the Hudson Bay lowlands, it is a very swampy area so they couldn’t build on it. If you did, it would be flooded and have bad foundations. Therefore, the Continuous Ecumene, Discontinuous Ecumene, and Barren or Scattered population are in these places and as density in populations as they are. This is why Canada’s Ecumene’s and population patterns are this way. Canada has more areas that can’t be lived in then most of the other