BLM Leg 3 #1	Map Assignment: Brandon to Regina
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Part A: Marking Features on a Map

1.  Mark the following features on your journal maps (BLM Leg 1 #3 and BLM Leg 1 #4).

Population Centres
•	Virden
•	Regina
•	Saskatoon

Geographic Features   
•	North and South Saskatchewan Rivers
•	Qu’Appelle River
•	Souris River
•	Saskatchewan Plains (Prairie Level 2)
•	Missouri Coteau

2.  What are the natural boundaries of the Saskatchewan Plains?

a) West	________________		b) North	____________________
c) East	________________		d) South	____________________

Part B: Using a Road Map

1.	Measure the distances between 

a) Brandon and Regina	___________________
b) Regina and Saskatoon	___________________
c) Winnipeg and Regina	___________________

BLM Leg 3 #1	Map Assignment: Brandon to Regina (Continued)
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Part C: Using an Atlas
 
Use your atlas to answer the following questions.
1.	Prairie agriculture map
a) What are the main types of agriculture in the Saskatchewan Plains?
_____________________   ______________________   _____________________
b) Which do you think is the most important? _______________________________

2.	Prairie minerals map
What are the primary minerals mined in this prairie region?
_____________________   ______________________   _____________________

Part D: Using a Public Weather Report
Find a public weather report from a newspaper. Identify the following components:
	temperature		________________________________________________
	relative humidity 	________________________________________________
	wind speed 		________________________________________________
	wind direction	________________________________________________
	wind chill		________________________________________________
	barometric pressure________________________________________________
	humidex		________________________________________________
	cloud cover 		________________________________________________
	ultraviolet index	________________________________________________
	warm front		________________________________________________
	cold front		________________________________________________
amount of 
precipitation		________________________________________________

	type of precipitation	________________________________________________
probability of 
precipitation		________________________________________________