4. WOW (under RAP and continues on right as needed) Physical Features - much in common with US - shares major physical regions Landforms: Coast Mountains Rocky Mountains Canadian Shield St. Lawrence River Valley and Great Lakes region - near Alaska along Pacific Ocean - range from Colorado to northern Canada - region of rocky uplands, borders Hudson Bay - fertile farmland

5. WOW - notes (under RAP and continue on to right page as needed) Lakes and Rivers: Lakes and Rivers: Great Lakes Great Lakes Largest lakes Largest lakes St. Lawrence River - 5 Great Lakes form a natural border between US between US - Erie, Huron, Superior, Michigan, Ontario - many carved by Ice Age Glaciers - Great Bear and Great Slave - most important river - connects the Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean

6. WOW - notes (under RAP and continue on to right page as needed) Climate: Climate: Central and Eastern Southwest Southwest Central and North Far North Far North Permafrost Permafrost - humid continental - marine west coast, mildest - subarctic - tundra, ice cap - soil that remains frozen - underlies about half of Canada

7. WOW - notes (under RAP and continue on to right page as needed) Resources: Minerals ForestsFishingTourism - most valuable - nickel, zinc, uranium, lead, copper, gold, silver, coal, potash, copper, gold, silver, coal, potash, - provide lumber and pulp - thousands of lakes and rivers - beauty and nature - fertile soil for farming - oil and natural gas

8. WIO (right page) Ch 5 sec 1 Canada’s Physical Geography Paste regional map into ISN and color each region. Create a map legend as you complete each area.