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Canada’s Landform Regions Landform Region Map 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ushaped 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 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 • 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
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