Continental climate – Climat continental

Continental climate is a climate with winter temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of snow cover each year, and it is not arid (dry) or even semi-arid (a bit dry).  Summers in continental climates are hot or warm.

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Chief – Chef

Chiefs Definitions: The leaders of the clans and tribes were called chiefs. These men were elected or chosen by the […]

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Population density – Densité de population

Population density is how many people live in a specific area.  Usually, we compare population densities of one place and another by calculating how many people live in a square area, like a square kilometre.

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Population – Population

Population comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.”  We say population when we talk about a group of people living in a particular area, such as a city, country, region, continent, or even the world. 

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Subarctic climate – Climat subarctique

Places with a subarctic climate (also called boreal climate) have long, usually very cold winters, and short, warm summers. It is found on large landmasses, away from oceans, usually at latitudes from 50° to 70°N. 

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Territory – Territoire

A territory is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say “belongs” to a particular country or person or group of people. But we can also talk about how a territory is “used for something” like hunting or farming, or as a place where “actions take place”.   In this sense, one could also say that a people occupied or used or even claimed that territory.

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Vegetation – Végétation

Vegetation means all plants and trees collectively, and often typically to those in a specific region.  For example, when we refer to the vegetation in the St. Laurence Lowland area.

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