Oak Ridges Moraine: STUDYING FOR AN EXAM: PLEASE HELP!!!?

Question

okay, so our geography textbook says absolutely NOTHING about the Oak Ridges Moraine...so the question I need to know the answer to is : Why is the Oak Ridges Moraine so important to Southern Ontario?

I have NO clue!!!!

help me PLEASE

Answer 1

To humans - the underground water and filtration capabilities.

To animals - habitat for endangered species.

Answer 2

probably theres something that the moraine does to that place

Answer 3

The Oak Ridges Moraine is one of the most significant landforms in southern Ontario.

- is the source of 65 river systems [35 in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) alone]

- headwaters of all of the watersheds in Toronto originate in the moraine

- has a wide diversity of streams, woodlands, 130 wetlands, kettle lakes, kettle bogs

- one of the last remaining continuous green corridors in southern Ontario

- still 30 per cent forested

- has significant flora and fauna — more than 900 species of plants

- one of the last refuges for forest birds in all of southern Ontario

- has many sands and gravel deposits that absorb rain and melting snow — underground water is then stored through layers of sand and gravel (aquifers) — filtered and released as the source of all the rivers