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Geography Assignment Notes

City: Whistler

Physical Landform #1 – there are two mountains one is Whistler Mountain and the other one is Blackcomb Mountain. 

Why they exist?

 Blackcomb Mountain is a glacier mountain that’s foundation was formed from ancient metamorphic rocks that are between 100-200 million years old

Two Economic Activities:

#1 – skiing 
#2 – hiking 

Physical Landform #2 – Whistler Valley 

Why it exists?

The whistler valley exists form running rivers and shifting glaciers 

Two Economic activities

#1 biking 

#2 hiking/walking 

Climate:

sun: the high elevation in the summer makes it warmer 

Snow: because of the colder climate in the winter and the rain freezes 

Two Economic activities 

#1 skiing 

#2 walking/hiking 

Vegetation:

Trees: pine, cedar, hemlock, evergreen

Flowers: alpine fireweed, lupine, yarrow, Indian paintbrush, rocky mountain buttercup

Why it exsit?

The trees exists because it’s a natural resource to the forest and it’s a nice scenery when it snows. 

The flowers exists because there also a natural resource to the forest and there also wildflowers and there also very pretty to look at.

Two economic activities 

#1 ziplining/biking

#2 walking/looking at the flowers  

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