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ALBERTAALBERTA

LOCATIONLOCATION

Western of the praire provinces

Saskatchewan on the East

BC on the West Northwest Territories

is up north

REGIONSREGIONS

The Regions in Alberta are: The Interior Plains The CordilleraA bit of the Canadian shield

CLIMATECLIMATE

The sun shines though out the cold winters and warm summers

Summers are short and warm

Winters are long and cold

PHYSICAL FEATURES

4th largest Provence in Canada

90% is forest,wetland and grasslands

10% is mountains and foothills

NATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES

50% of Canada's coal is in Alberta

The 1st coal mine in Alberta was made in 1870

Discovered lots of trees,coal and minerals

TOURISMTOURISM

Alberta has: Calgary Zoo witch is

the 2nd largest zoo in Canada

Has spectacular scenery over the amazing Canadian Rockies!

TOURISMTOURISM

Edmonton mall has lots of things for you it has

The worlds largest: Indoor water park Triple loop roller

coaster Indoor wave pool

Indoor amusement park

Permanent bogey tower

Parking lot Indoor lake Has over 800 stores

+ 48 city blocks

O.I.FO.I.F

Alberta was named after Queen Victoria's 4th daughter Princess Louise Caroline Alberta

Calgary hosted the winter Olympics in 1988

Alberta has lots of sports any you can imagine + teams to!

Population is 3,632,483!!!3,632,483!!!

THANKSTHANKS

!For listening to my presentation!

Any Questions our comments?By:Rebecca Riddle

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