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Winters are much milder in the southwest along the Lake Erie shore, with a mean January temperature of -3 °C, whereas mean lows are -12 °C in the northeast. Some lakeshore areas have over 200 frost-free days per year. [12] Because of the relatively mild climate for Canada, the region has become an important and productive agricultural area.
Ontario is known for the large number of lakes and rivers it contains. About one-fifth of the world's fresh water can be found in Ontario. [17] Ontario is also known for being the only province in Canada that touches the Great Lakes. Ontario touches four of the Great Lakes: Huron, Lake Ontario (the province is named after the lake), Erie and ...
Climate in Canada varies widely from region to region. In many parts of the country, particularly in the interior and Prairie provinces, winters are long, very cold, and feature frequent snow. In many parts of the country, particularly in the interior and Prairie provinces, winters are long, very cold, and feature frequent snow.
The climate and ecology of different locations on the globe naturally separate into life zones, depending on elevation, latitude, and location.The generally strong dependency on elevation is known as altitudinal zonation: the average temperature of a location decreases as the elevation increases.
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This new ecozone map includes 18 terrestrial, 12 marine and 1 freshwater ecozone, the latter two of which were derived from the marine bioregions outlined by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in 2009. [8] [6] This comprehensive framework is currently in use by Environment and Climate Change Canada to determine protected area coverage of Canada's ...
Halton is somewhat unusual, in that it has three distinct climate zones within its relatively small area, [8] which are as follows: Zone 5a - Halton Hills lying to the north of the Niagara Escarpment, together with the Town of Milton within the Grand River watershed; Zone 5b - the remainder of Halton Hills, Milton north of Derry Road, and that ...
Today, the most commonly used climate map is the Köppen climate classification, developed by Russian climatologist of German descent and amateur botanist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940), which divides the world into five major climate regions, based on average annual precipitation, average monthly precipitation, and average monthly temperature.