Fort mcmurray - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

GCU 322 Map Quiz 17 - Questions and Answers Which city is in Yukon Territory? Whitehorse Which province does NOT have land in the Boreal Forest? New Brunswick Which is NOT in Quebec? Churchhill River Which river does NOT flow into James Bay? Alvany Which is NOT in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador? George River Which is furthest from Fort McMurray? La Ronge Marquette is in: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Which state, province, or territory has the smallest amount of land in the Boreal For...

Tar Sands case study facts - Answer Located in northern Alberta, north of Edmonton. Fort McMurray area. Large deposits of bitumen or very heavy crude oil. -Estimated to contain 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen -> growth potential, only 5% extracted so far. -second largest oil field in the world -economically viable to extract at today's prices - provides jobs for locals, especially native americans -keeps oil prices low -Canada is a stable source -GHG emissions potentially reduced ...

When did the Alberta wildfire happen? 1st May 2016 What was the fire nicknamed? The beast How many residents of Fort mcmurray were evacuated? 90,000 How many homes and businesses were destroyed? 2400 How many direct deaths and injuries were there? None How much forest was burnt? Roughly 600,000 ha of land (size of norfolk) Where was it ignited? In a remote area to the south west of Fort mcmurray Why did the fire change direction? Initially...

When did the fire get controlled by? July 5, 2016 When did the fire fully finish? August 2, 2017 How much did the fire cost in insurance? $3.7 billion How many residents were evacuated? 90,000 How much of the city was saved from greater damage? 90% Was the wildfire predicted well? No, people evacuated areas that had already been hit by the wildfire because the fires movement was so unpredictable Where did the fire spread? Across the Northern Alber...

This document is a local case study of a hazard as required by the AQA A-level Geography syllabus. It's located in Fort McMurray, Canada and studies the Alberta wildfire hazard.