Canadian Shield
A huge, rocky region that curves around Hudson Bay like a giant horseshoe. The Shield covers half the land area of Canada.
Canadian Shield
The oldest landform region in Canada.
Cordilleran Region
Landform Region found on the West Coast of Canada (British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alberta)
Cordilleran Region
Canada's youngest mountains
Appalachian Region
Landform Region located on the east coast of Canada.
Appalachian Region
The mountains in this region are smaller than the Western Cordillera because they are older and weathered longer.
Innuitian Mountains
Located in northern Nunavut, primarily on Baffin and Ellesmere Islands.
Innuitian Mountains
Tall steep mountains in the Arctic. Formed 70 million years ago by tectonic folding.
Innuitian Mountains
An extremely sensitive alpine tundra environment. Soils are mostly permafrost.
Interior Plains
This flat, rolling landform region stretches form the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico
Interior Plains
Ancient coral reefs in the bedrock contain oil and gas. It is also well suited to agriculture because of rich soils deposited by glaciers.
Hudson Bay, Arctic Lowlands
Located on the shores of Hudson Bay, and in the N.W.T. / Nunavut.
The topography is flat, and swampy
Hudson Bay, Arctic Lowlands
This landform region was pushed down by the immense weight of glaciers. Now that the glaciers are gone the land is now rising steadily. This is called Isostatic Rebound.
Hudson Bay, Arctic Lowlands
The economy of this landform region relies heavily on eco-tourism such as: bird watching, hunting, and fishing.
Hudson Bay, Arctic Lowlands
The vegetation in this region is mostly arctic tundra. Soils are mostly permafrost.
Permafrost
A layer of permanently frozen subsoil found in tundra and alpine locations
topography
Physical configuration of the land or terrain.
topography
Describes the surface features of the land.
isostatic rebound
rising of the earth's crust formerly weighed down by glacier ice
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
The physical region of Canada where we live with flat land and rolling hills. It is the most southerly region in Canada
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Vegetation is Coniferous and Deciduous Forest
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Located in Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec.
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Canada's most densely populated and economically active area with: agriculture, industry, commerce, and tourism.
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Contains the Niagara Escarpment and the St. Lawrence River Valley