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Author : Clague, J.J.; and Bobrowsky, P.T.
Date : 2011.
Title : International Year of Planet Earth 8. Natural hazards in Canada
Publication : Geoscience Canada
Issue : 37(1):
Page(s) : 17-37.
Abstract
Canada, the second largest country in the world, is subject to every hazardous natural process on Earth - large earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, landslides, snow avalanches, floods, hurricanes, tornados, severe storms, drought, and sea-level rise. Fortunately, much of the country is sparsely populated; hence risk from these hazardous processes is localized to small areas adjacent to the Canada - US border, where most Canadians live. The greatest risk comes from earthquakes and landslides on the populated south coast of British Columbia and parts of southern Ontario and Quebec; from floods in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, or Toronto; and from hurricanes in Halifax and St. John's. In the long term, Canada's coastlines are threatened by sea-level rise and Canada's northern indigenous peoples are threatened by permafrost thaw caused by global warming.
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