Canada's Landform Regions

Front

This landform region is the oldest in Canada. It is rocky and there are millions of small lakes there. Copper and nickel is mined there.

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Canadian Shield

Front

This landform region is level to rolling and partly flooded by the sea. There are many islands, tundra vegetation and sea ice is found along the coast most of the year.

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Arctic Lowlands

Front

This landform region was carved out by glaciers. There are large lakes and fertile soil. There are also several escarpments (long, steep slopes).

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Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

Front

This landform region has level to rolling hills. It has meandering rivers and deep, fertile soils. It is also known as the Prairies.

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Interior Plains (Lowlands)

Front

This landform region has old, rounded mountains that formed during the Paleozoic era. There are mixed forests and a mixture of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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Appalachian Mountains

Front

This landform region has high, rugged mountain ranges. Boreal forests are found on the slopes and some higher peaks have glaciers. Mountain goats and grizzly bears live there.

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Western Cordillera

Front

This landform region has rugged mountains, large glaciers and snow fields. The land is mostly barren (cannot grow plants) with some tundra.

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Innuitian Mountains

Front

This landform region has very flat and swampy land. There are large areas of wetlands and small coniferous trees.

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Hudson Bay Lowlands

Front

When objects are worn down by natural elements in the environment. ex) freezing and thawing

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weathering

Front

The removal and movement of land materials by wind, water, gravity, or ice.

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erosion