Freshwater is one of Canada's most valuable and important resources, as Canada is very abundant in freshwater. As it is readily available in our daily lives, most of us don't realize the importance freshwater has on our lives.
In Canada, fresh water can come from many sources. Some places fresh water is found in Canada are lakes, groundwater, wetlands, watershed regions, and glaciers.
The main sources of freshwater in Canada is the Great Lakes and wetlands. The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on Earth. Along with wetlands, they contain around one fifth of Canada's freshwater, providing an abundant amount of water for electricity, irrigation, and other uses.
A wetland is an area of land that is covered by water. The freshwater
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The boundaries represent areas of high elevation that drain precipitation into bodies of water. The red drains into Pacific Ocean, the yellow drains into Arctic Ocean, the blue drains into Hudson Bay, the green drains into the Atlantic Ocean, and the little tiny section at the bottom drains water into the Gulf of Mexico.
Another place that stores freshwater in Canada are Glaciers. Glaciers are large pieces of ice that are found in the Western Cordilleran and Arctic region,covering around 2 percent of Canada. Although they store a lot freshwater, the water is locked up and inaccessible for us to use. Canada could benefit from innovative technology to extract this plentiful source of freshwater.
Groundwater is another source of water for Canadians. Groundwater is freshwater that exists underground. It fills the gaps between rock, sand, and soil. As you can see in this diagram, it fills the spaces between grains of sand, crevices of igneous rocks, and the holes in rocks such as limestone. Even though their taste is often rendered by the dissolved minerals in the water, one major advantage of groundwater is that it has been pre-filtered by