Alberta

Landform Regions: Some of the plains in Alberta are rocky mountains. The area is mostly flat with some hills. Sometimes rocks are left over from glaciers. The grasslands are located southeast of Alberta and also the plains.

Climate Characteristics: Alberta has a cool climate where the average temperatures are lower in the south areas. Some regions reach to 40 degrees and more. In July and August it is where the solar radiation is the highest. In the winter the temperature can have a drop of up to 40 degrees.

Natural Vegetation: Alberta has the countries most oil and natural gas. From Wateron to the Saskatchewan border, there are grassland which is dry and mostly treeless. There are also deep river valleys.

Soils: Alberta's soils are Podzols, Chernozem, Chestnut, and Mountain. There are many forests, fields of crops, forestry, wheat and farming.  

Three Interesting Places In Alberta:

Ice fields parkway:

You go onto a tour bus which brings you onto the surface of the Athabasca Glacier. The driver will then go on and tell you about glaciers and ice fields and how that impacts our environment.

Chinook Rafting:


It is the closest thing to white water rafting. There is a professional that will bring you into the water and have a great rafting adventure.

Ice Walk in Jasper national park:

The guide will bring you through the Maligne River bed which changes from the winter temperatures. Then the guide will bring you underneath the Maligne River to see the ice sculptures. It is safe because the water level drops the freezing temperatures.