Landform Regions of Canada

Two Factors are responsible for the appearance of all landforms in Canada: The Underlying Geology (The history, composition and structure of the earth’s crust) The impact of glaciation (the state of being covered by glaciers or massive ice sheets)

The 7 Landform Regions: Can be divided into 3 categories: 1) Canadian Shield 2) The Interior Plains 3) Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands 4) Hudson Bay – Arctic Lowlands 5) Appalachian Mountains 6) Innuitian Mountains 7) Western Cordillera Can be divided into 3 categories: Shield Lowlands Highlands

What do you see???

Shield The Canadian Shield Exposed Bedrock Hundreds of THOUSANDS of lakes and rivers! Trees?...Mixed Relatively flat…not always the case! LARGE…more than half of Canada! Bedrock = Impermiable which means water does NOT go through

Lowlands Interior Plains Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands Hudson Bay – Arctic Lowlands - Relatively Flat…Gently Rolling Landscape - Very Fertile - Swampy forests (Hudson Bay) Relatively Flat (not completely flat) - In the interior plains it’s a gently rolling landscape - Niagara Falls Very Fertile -Lots of minerals in the soil, lots of rain

Highlands Appalachian Mountains Innuitian Mountains Western Cordillera - Differentiated - Peaked, rounded and rugged mountain ranges