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Landforms of the North
Chapter 5, Section 1
pages 143-148
Canada
• Second largest
country in land mass.
• World’s longest
undefended border.
• 10 provinces in
Canada and 3
territories.
Canada
Canada’s Landforms
• Glaciers moving across Canada formed
much of it’s geography.
• Glacial basin formed and helped create
many lakes and rivers.
• Geographers divide Canada into 6 distinct
geographical regions.
Canada
Eastern Highlands
• Appalachian Highlands are continued up
from the mountains on the eastern coast
of US.
• Laurentian Highlands are north of the St.
Lawrence River.
• Rolling hills and low mountains.
• Forests, farms, and deepwater harbors.
The St. Lawrence and Great Lakes
Lowlands
• Cut through the Eastern Highlands to the
Great Lakes.
• Major river waterway that links the Great
Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
• Ontario Peninsula has good farming,
transportation and large cities.
– Most of the population lives there.
The Canadian Shield and Arctic
Islands
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Wraps around the Hudson Bay.
Half of Canada’s land area.
Rocky, thin soil.
Wildlife live there, but human population is
low.
• Mostly wilderness, but some mining.
• Arctic Islands are tundra and mostly
uninhibited.
The Interior Plains
• The Great Plains of the US become the
Interior Plains of Canada.
• Larges lakes and prairies.
• Farms and ranches because of good soil.
The Rocky Mountains
• Continuation of the southern US Rockies.
• Called a cordillera – mountain ranges that
run side by side.
• Tourism
• Beautiful National Parks.
The Pacific Coast
• Coast Mountains – part of the cordillera.
• Islands off the coast are mountaintops!
• Between the islands and Canada’s
mainland is the Inside Passage.
• Inside Passage leads to Alaska.
• Mt. Logan is the highest mountain in
Canada.
Climate
• Mostly cool or cold climate due to its
northern latitude.
• Warmer along the Pacific Coast.
• Dry areas near the Rockies.