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Canada’s Regions
By Alexandra Y, Logan, and Julia
Canada
Canada is a Large country with varying climate
topography and natural resources. Canada has 6
regions all with varying from the next. In this
PowerPoint we will talk about each one.
The Cordillera
The Cordillera Region is on the west coast of Canada covering
British Columbia, the Yukon, and a little bit of NWT and Alberta.
The region was formed by tectonic plates (earth crust) crashing
into each other and pushing and folding volcanic rocks to create
mountains. This movement also created plateaus, valleys and
trenches. Over the years Glaciers have melted forming rivers.
The Cordillera has many resources like coal and minerals, timber,
natural gas , fish, fertile soil , and water
The Cordilleras Economy like most of Canada is resource based.
Forestry , Mining and Agriculture are some of it’s greatest
industries
The Cordillera usually has very moderate
weather due to it being so close to a
large body of water. But despite having
such moderate weather the Cordilleras
population is very concentrated due to
its topography. Very few people can live
up high on the mountains so the
majority live at the areas lower parts
The Interior Plains
The Interior Plains are to the east of the Cordillera. It stretches
from the north west corner of NWT to the south west corner of
Manitoba
This region has flat land, rolling hills, river valleys, lakes and
forests. Over a million years ago the area was covered in shallow
seas wearing down the land. Rivers carried in minerals from the
mountains on either side which is part of the reason the land is
so fertile.
The Plains have minerals , oil, natural gas, fertile soil, rivers, and
forests because of the seas fertility.
The Fertile land makes agriculture one of the plains biggest
industries along with oil
He interior plains has the
most spread out population
of the regions. The flat
landscape allows the
population to spread out
unlike the Cordillera. But
despite the flat landscape
the majority of the
population lives in the
lower half of the plains due
to temperature.
The Arctic
The Arctic Region is located at the northern most part of Canada.
The region has plains, lowlands and mountains. Over the years, the
pressure from the northeastern part of the Canadian Shield pushed
the sedimentary rock to create fold mountains. They cover the islands
of the Eastern Arctic and the lowlands cover the islands of the Western
Arctic.
The Arctic's natural resources such as minerals, oil and natural gas are
largely unused due to harsh climate. While others such as fresh water
from glaciers are used all through out.
The Arctic supplies all of Canada with Fresh water that has melted
from its Glaciers
Due to the extreme climate and topography practically no one live in
the Artic
The Canadian Shield
The Canadian Shield makes up nearly half of Canada's land surface. It
stretches from the Arctic islands south to the United States boarder
and east across Labrador.
This region is made up of flat, bare rocks, lakes and wetlands. The
Shield used to be volcanic mountains. Over a million years ago, it
began to get worn down by the weather and glaciers melting and
moving .
Due to the Hard land not much grows there making its only natural
resources minerals , trees, and its rivers.
With not many other natural resources the Shields main natural
industries are wood and the mining of minerals like Lead and Nickel
The Canadian Shield is one of the most unpopulated regions in Canada
. This is due mostly to its hard ground. the hard ground makes it difficu
lt to build in causing houses to be extremely expensive to build. Aside f
rom its hard ground it also has a pretty cold climate.
The St. Lawrence Lowlands
The St. Lawrence Lowlands are beside the Canadian Shield, the
Appalachians, and the US.
The St. Lawrence Lowland region was formed mainly from retreating
ice sheets that covered most of Canada from the last ice age. The
region is flat with rolling valleys and lakes. This area was created by
the shrinking ice sheets long ago
The land is fertile and filled with minerals. The area is near by the
Great Lakes providing the land with fresh water.
Agriculture is a big part of the Lowlands economy because of its fertile
land. The water surrounding it provides their fishing industry with an
abundance of fish.
The Lowlands is the most populated of all regions. It was first settled
due to it’s fertile land and it’s closeness to the rivers and lakes. The
climate is relatively warm making it welcoming.
The Appalachians
The Appalachian region is on the southeastern part of Canada, in
Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Labrador.
The region is made up of rolling hills, valleys, small mountains,
highlands and coastal fjords. This was created by an older mountain
range that was worn down by the glaciers and millions of years of all
types of weather. This left behind the sedimentary rocks and large
deposits of coal.
The Appalachians have many trees , fertile soil, minerals and many fish
The Appalachians are well known for their Fishing. Their has been a fis
hing industry in the Appalachians ever since the Europeans found
Canada.
Because of the regions ties to water most of the population lives
on the coast. The climate is pretty warm in temperature and has
fertile rolling hills.