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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 4039 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: Canada, USA, Great Plains, dendroclimatology, tree rings, drought

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Title: A paleoclimatic context for the drought of 1999-2001 in the northern Great Plains of North America.
Author: David J. Sauchyn
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 169Issue: 2Page: 158(10)

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Geography of Canada. Volcanism of Canada, Northern Canada, Western Canada, Fauna of Canada, Canadian Prairies, Great Lakes, Saskatchewan, Montreal, Newfoundland and Labrador, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Vancouver Island, Wrangell Volcanic Field, Fraser River, History of the petroleum industry in Canada, Mountain peaks of Canada, Hudson Bay ... Read more

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Langenburg is a town in the rural municipality of Langenburg, RM No. 181, located within the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities SARM Division No. 1 and Census Division No. 5, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.Langenburg lies on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) in the southeastern part of the province, 15 km west of the Manitoba border, at the junction with Highway 8. The nearest city is Yorkton located 70 km northwest along Highway 16. The current population stands at about 1,100. ... Read more

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Hudson Bay is a large body of water in northeastern Canada.It drains a very large area that includes parts of Ontario,Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba,southeastern Nunavut, as well as parts of North Dakota,South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. A smaller offshoot ofthe bay, James Bay, lies to the south. The InternationalHydrographic Organization lists Hudson Bay as part of theArctic Ocean.The Eastern Cree name for Hudson and James Bayis Wînipekw (Southern dialect) or Wînipâkw (Northerndialect), meaning muddy or brackish water. Lake Winnipeg issimilarly named by the local Cree, as is the location forthe City of Winnipeg. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Highway 16 is a provincial paved highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the Saskatchewan section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Saskatchewan with other Canadian cities such as Edmonton and Winnipeg. The highway runs from the Alberta border, near, Lloydminster to the Manitoba border. Major cities it passes through are Saskatoon, North Battleford in the central part of the province, Yorkton in the far east and Lloydminster to the far west. ... Read more

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Culture of Saskatchewan. History of Saskatchewan, History of immigration to Canada, Demographics of Saskatchewan, Block settlement, Geography of Saskatchewan, Education in Saskatchewan, Politics of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Order of Merit, The Greatest Canadian, Governor General's Awards, Sport in Saskatchewan, Soccer in Canada. ... Read more

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The Prairie Province Condensed
This is a good reference book for anyone who needs to find out about Saskatchewan, its resources, people, life today and yesterday, and what the future many hold.It's closer to a text-book form, although there are partial page sections that give a little bit more insight about life today than you would find in any class or school book.I think that there could have been more things added to show the colorful nature of the province today and yesterday, so the score is lower than it might normally be, but I would recommend it to anyone who wants a basic grasp of the province and its people. ... Read more

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Why is Saskatoon called the “Bridge City”? Who were the first inhabitants of Saskatchewan? Where can you find rare plants such as the Prickly Pear Cactus and the Gumbo Evening Primrose? Discover the answers to these questions, along with other facts, in

L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet.

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