Yanayi na Montreal

**Montreal** ita ce birni na biyu mafi girma a Kanada kuma birni mafi girma a lardin Quebec, wanda ke gefen kogin Saint Lawrence a mahaɗinsa da Kogin Ottawa. Garin yana da ƙanƙantar ƙasa, tare da mafi rinjaye a Tsibirin Montreal a cikin tsibiri na Hochelaga, kuma yana da fitattun siffofi da yawa, gami da Dutsen Royal. Yankin yana fuskantar yanayi daban-daban guda huɗu kuma an rarraba shi azaman yanayi mai ɗanɗano na nahiyar, tare da sanyi sosai da lokacin sanyi da dusar ƙanƙara da lokacin zafi da ɗanɗano.

## Wurin yanki
Montreal tana kudu maso yammacin lardin Quebec, kimanin kilomita 275 (171 mi) kudu maso yammacin birnin Quebec, babban birnin lardin, da kilomita 167 (104 mi) gabas da Ottawa, babban birnin tarayya. Hakanan yana da nisan kilomita 502 (312 mi) arewa maso gabas na Toronto, kilomita 407 (253 mi) arewa maso yamma na Boston da 530 km (330 mi) kai tsaye arewacin birnin New York.

Birnin yana kan yanki na tsakiya da gabas na tsibirin Montreal, tsibirin mafi girma a cikin tsibirin Hochelaga, a mahadar Saint Lawrence da kogin Ottawa. Tashar tashar jiragen ruwa na Montreal tana ɗaya ƙarshen Saint Lawrence Seaway, wanda shine ƙofar kogin da ke tasowa daga manyan tabkuna zuwa Tekun Atlantika. An ayyana Montreal ta wurin wurinta a tsakanin kogin St. Lawrence a kudu, da kuma ta Rivière des Prairies a arewa. An ba wa birnin suna ne bayan fitaccen yanayin yanayin ƙasa a tsibirin, tudu mai kai uku da ake kira Dutsen Royal.

Montreal tana tsakiyar tsakiyar Montreal Metropolitan Community, kuma tana da iyaka da birnin Laval zuwa arewa, Longueuil a kudu, Tuba zuwa gabas da kuma gundumomin tsibirin West Island zuwa yamma. Anglophone enclaves na Westmount, Montreal West, Hampstead, Côte Saint-Luc, Garin Dutsen Royal da francophone enclave Montreal Gabas duk suna kewaye da birnin Montreal gaba ɗaya.

## Geology
Akwai manyan yankuna uku na ilimin kasa a cikin Quebec: manyan filayen da ba su da kyau na Garkuwar Kanada, Appalachians a kudancin Quebec, da tsaunin St. Lawrence da ke tsakanin su. Rufe sama da kashi 95% na Quebec, Garkuwar Kanada ta ƙunshi wasu tsoffin duwatsu masu banƙyama a duniya, tun daga lokacin Precambrian, sama da shekaru biliyan 1 da suka gabata. Garkuwar Kanada gabaɗaya tana da faɗin fili kuma tana fallasa, wanda ke tattare da babban taimako na jeri na tsaunin kamar Laurentians a kudancin Quebec. Yankin Appalachian na Quebec wani ɗan ƙaramin tsaunuka ne na yanayin yanayi a kan iyakar Quebec ta kudu maso gabas. Sarkar dutsen Appalachian shine ainihin dogon zangon da ke gudana daga Alabama arewa zuwa Newfoundland. Ƙauyen St. Lawrence ƙananan ƙananan girma ne (kimanin 17,280 km2 (6,670 sq mi)) amma ba su da mahimmanci saboda sun ƙunshi yawancin mutanen Quebec. Ƙasar ƙasa a zahiri ta ƙunshi sassa uku: ƙasan ƙasa ta tsakiya, ko Dutsen St. Lawrence, alwatika mai faɗi da lebur wanda ya tashi daga Cornwall zuwa birnin Quebec. Filin St. Lawrence kusan kusan gaba ɗaya ne saboda tudun yumbu da Tekun Champlain ya bari a baya (wanda ya taɓa rufe duk Montreal).

## Hanyar titi
Ɗaya daga cikin nau'i na harshen Montreal na kowa shine cewa kwatance (arewa, kudu, gabas, da yamma) tare da grid na titi suna da hankali sosai game da ainihin kwatancen kamfas. Ana ɗaukar kogin St. Lawrence kamar yadda yake gudana zuwa yamma zuwa gabas (ko da yake yana gudana arewa ko arewa maso gabas bayan tsibirin), don haka kwatance tare da tituna a layi daya da kogin ana kiran su "yamma" da "gabas," da waɗanda ke kan tituna daidai da kogin, "arewa" da "kudu." A yawancin Montreal, "arewa" shine ainihin arewa maso yamma, kuma a wasu yankuna irin su Verdun da Pointe-aux-Trembles yana da yammacin yamma. Skew shine mafi girma a cikin Ville-Émard, inda grid "arewa" akan tituna irin su Rue Jolicœur yanki ne na yamma-kudu maso yamma.

Ana amfani da "Montreal directions" wajen sanya sunayen adireshi na titi da bayyana hanyoyin bas, da sauran abubuwa. Sakamakon wannan rashin daidaituwa, an kira Montreal "birni daya tilo da rana ta fadi a arewa."

Ƙarin al'adun suna na jama'a sun haɗa da ba da kwatancen da suka shafi hawa "hawa" ko "ƙasa" titunan da suke daidai da kogin; "sama" kasancewa zuwa Dutsen Royal da "kasa" kasancewa zuwa ga St. Lawrence. Amma tsarin zai iya zama mai rudani a gefen arewacin dutsen, inda "sama" har yanzu yana nufin Montreal "arewa" kamar yadda yake a cikin gari, amma a zahiri zai gangara daga Dutsen Royal.

Ana kiran tituna "Ouest" ko "Est" lokacin da suka ketare Saint Laurent Boulevard. Lambobin titi sun tashi gabas da yamma daga Saint Laurent Boulevard, da arewa daga Kogin St. Lawrence da Canal Lachine. (Rue Charlevoix, a gundumar Le Sud-Ouest, ita ce kawai titin "arewa-kudu" da ke da adireshi masu yawa a bangarorin biyu na Canal Lachine. A wannan yanayin, adiresoshin kudancin Lachine Canal suna da "0" da aka riga aka tsara zuwa lambobin titinsu, misali, 0919 rue Charlevoix.)

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