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Canada’s Landform Regions Landform Region Map Canada has three basic types of landforms. 1. Shield 2. Highlands 3. Lowlands They form a pattern. The Creation of Canada’s Landforms! The next few slides contain a series of hand drawn images illustrating the creation of Canada’s Landform regions. 1. Precambrian Canada Transportation Deposition 2. Paleozoic Canada Erosion Transportation Deposition Plate Collision Folded Mountains 3. Mesozoic Canada Plate Collision 4. Cenozoic Canada Western Cordillera Appalachians GlaciersCanadian !!! – ended about 20 000 years ago Shield Interior Plains Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands Landforms not seen (in the back) - Hudson Bay Lowlands, - Arctic Lowlands, - Innuitian Mountains Western Cordillera Western Cordillera • Mountains of the Yukon • Notice the jagged peaks • If you looks carefully, you will also see glaciers Western Cordillera • One of the large glaciers found in the Yukon Western Cordillera • A glacier-fed lake in Jasper National Park in Alberta Western Cordillera • Jasper National Park • The valley is U-shaped because it was carved by a glacier, not the river you see here Western Cordillera • The Coast Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop in this picture of North Vancouver, BC Interior Plains Interior Plains • Farmland near the Red River in Southern Manitoba Interior Plains • The meandering Red River in Southern Manitoba Interior Plains • The Cypress Hills in Southern Saskatchewan Interior Plains • The Qu’Appelle Valley in Southern Saskatchewan • A rare change from the flat landscape in this region Interior Plains • Cows graze in a rocky field • These rocks, deposited by glaciers, are called moraine Arctic Lowlands Arctic Lowlands • Tundra in Nunavut • Notice the flat land and strewn rocks Arctic Lowlands • The flat, exposed land of Prince Patrick Island in the Northwest Territories Arctic Lowlands • Another image of Prince Patrick Island in the NWT • The flat land allows melting water to cover a vast area Innuitian Mountains Innuitian Mountains • The dramatic cliffs of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Innuitian Mountains • A glacier and its melt water on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Innuitian Mountains • Red rocks and barren landscape on Melville Island • Melville Island is divided between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories Canadian Shield Canadian Shield • Lake near Port Cartier, Quebec • Rounded hills in the background Canadian Shield • Exposed rock along the lakeshore • Notice the scratches in the rock • They were caused by glaciers Canadian Shield • Boulder field in the Northwest Territories • More evidence of glaciation Canadian Shield • A boulder in the Northwest Territories • It was deposited here by a retreating glacier Canadian Shield • Exposed rock near Abitibi, Quebec • The scratches are the result of a glacier Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • Typical farm in Ontario Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • The city of Toronto from the air • Notice the lack of hills • Also notice the smog Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • Farmland near Toronto Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • Southern Ontario from the air • Notice the flat horizon Hudson Bay Lowlands Hudson Bay Lowlands • A wetland known as a muskeg in Northern Manitoba Hudson Bay Lowlands • The watery terrain outside Churchill, Manitoba Hudson Bay Lowlands • The water-filled landscape near Fort Severn, Ontario Hudson Bay Lowlands • A forested bog outside Gilliam, Manitoba Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Mountains • Rocky shoreline at West Dover, NS • The boulders were deposited by glaciers Appalachian Mountains • Valley in Cape Breton • Notice the rounded mountains Appalachian Mountains • Aspy Bay in Cape Breton Appalachian Mountains • Cape Breton Highlands • The mountains have been flattened by erosion
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