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Canada’s Landform Regions
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Landform Region Map
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Western Cordillera
Description• Rugged/young
mountains• 2 major ranges• Fast flowing rivers
Rock Type• Sedimentary with
some igneous and metamorphic
A glacier-fed lake in Jasper National Park in Alberta
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Western Cordillera
Formation• Folding (Rocky Mts)• Volcanic (Coastal Mts)• Lava flows (interior
Plateaus)
Mountains of the Yukon.
Notice the jagged peaks. If
you looks carefully, you will
also see glaciers.
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Western Cordillera
Human Activities• Forestry• Transportation• Tourism• Fishing
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Interior Plains
Description• Flat to rolling plains• 3 levels separated by
escarpments• Deep river valleys
Rock Type• Sedimentary
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Interior Plains
Formation• Deposition of
sediment into ancient seas
• Glaciation• Differential erosion to
form escarpments
Farmland near the Red River in Southern Manitoba
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Interior Plains
Human Activities• Agriculture (wheat)• Oil and gas• Potash mining• Cattle ranching
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Canadian Shield
Description• Oldest rock• Relatively flat with
rounded hills• Thousands of lakes• Saucer shaped
Rock type• Igneous and
Metamorphic
A boulder in the Northwest Territories.It was deposited here by a retreating glacier.
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Canadian Shield
Formation• Volcanic mountains
(igneous rock)• Erosion leveled
mountains• Glaciers scraped soil and
made lakes.
Notice the scratches in therock. They were caused byGlaciers retreating.
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Canadian Shield
Human Activities• Mining metallic
minerals• Tourism & recreation
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Hudson Bay Lowlands
A wetland known as a muskeg in Northern Manitoba
Description• Flat, low and
swampy.
Rock Type• Sedimentary
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Hudson Bay Lowlands
Formation• Sediment deposited
under glacial melt water
Human Activities- None
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Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
Description• Flat plains to rolling
hills• Great Lakes• St Lawrence = rift
valleyRock Type• Sedimentary (some
igneous in St. Lawrence region)
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Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
Formation• Sediment deposited
into shallow ancient seas
• Glaciation• St Lawrence Rifting
Valley
A typical farm in Ontario
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Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
Human Activities • Agriculture = Farming• Tourism• Manufacturing• Urbanization
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Appalachian Mountains
Description• Oldest highland • Rolling mountains and
hills• Wide glacial valleys• Long deep coastal inlets
Rock Type• Sedimentary with some
igneous and metamorphic
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Appalachian Mountains
Formation• Collision of plates =
Folding• Some volcanic activity• Eroded rounded
mountains
Human Activities• Fishing• Agriculture
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Arctic Lowlands
Description• Islands, gently rolling
hills
Rock Type• Sedimentary
Tundra in Nunavut. Notice the flat land and strewn rocks.
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Arctic Lowlands
Formation• Sedimentary rock
scraped bare by glaciers (deposition)
Human Activities• Oil and Natural Gas
exploration and drilling
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Innuitian Mountains
Description• Rugged, ice covered
mountains
Rock Type• Sedimentary with
some igneous and metamorphic
The dramatic cliffs of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.
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Innuitian Mountains
Formation• Collision of plates =
folding• Some Volcanic
activity
Human Activities• Oil and Natural Gas