Geography of Canada

Canada is the ________________________ largest country in the world in area

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

• Fifth

The physical landscape of Canada has been shaped by

• Forests

• Mountains

• Glaciers

• Deserts

Canada includes_________major physical regions

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

This mountain range is found in Western Canada

• Appalachian Mtns

• Sierra Nevada Mtns

• Rockies

• Cascades

This mountain range is found on the Eastern side of Canada

• Cascade Mtns

• Appalachian Mtns

• Rocky Mtns

• Ozark Mtns

This physiographic region runs along the west coast of Canada

• Western Cordillera

• Prairie Plains

• Canadian Shield

• Atlantic region

This physiographic region located above the layer of continuous permafrost bordering the Arctic Ocean and Hudson Bay

• Western Cordillera

• Prairie Plains

• Arctic North

• Canadian Shield

This physiographic region Includes Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, and is bound together by fisheries and forests

• Arctic North

• Canadian Shield

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

• Atlantic Region

This physiographic region includes the provinces of Western Canada, and historically this region was called the Canadian Northwest or simply "the West“

• Western Cordillera

• Prairie Plains

• Arctic North

• Atlantic Region

This physiographic region includes most of Quebec, Ontario, northern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, Nunavut and half of the NWT, and has a varied landscape with lots of bog, muskeg, drumlins, eskers and lake basins.

• Canadian Shield

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

• Arctic North

• Western Cordillera