INT D 280 Lesson 1
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The oldest park in the Canadian Park System
Banff national park is the oldest in the Canadian Park System
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Why do Mountains matter?
\-Comprise 1/4 of the Earth’s surface
\-Over a 1/4 of the human population lives within or near mountainous areas
\-Over a 1/4 of the human population lives within or near mountainous areas
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What services/resources do mountains provide for us?
\-Major rivers have headwaters in mountains
\-people rely on fresh water that collects in mountainous regions
\-Hydropower from the mountains make up 20% of the world’s entire electricity
\-Mountain forests capture and store rainfall and moisture
\-Maintain water quality and regulates river flow
\-Mountains provide timber and other products
\-Reduce erosion and downstream sedementation
\-The geological forces that helped bring mountains up have also helped to concentrate and assemble minerals
\-Mountain mines are major sources of the world’s ores and minerals
\-people rely on fresh water that collects in mountainous regions
\-Hydropower from the mountains make up 20% of the world’s entire electricity
\-Mountain forests capture and store rainfall and moisture
\-Maintain water quality and regulates river flow
\-Mountains provide timber and other products
\-Reduce erosion and downstream sedementation
\-The geological forces that helped bring mountains up have also helped to concentrate and assemble minerals
\-Mountain mines are major sources of the world’s ores and minerals
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How do Mountains promote biodiversity
\-They provide habitats that support and sustain many species
\-Many plants and anmials are endemic to mountain regions
\-Many plants and anmials are endemic to mountain regions
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Mountains function as biological corridors. What are those?
\-Connect isolated habitats
\-more protected areas
\-allowing space to migrate
\-more protected areas
\-allowing space to migrate