Canada's Landform Regions Flashcards
Name Canada’s landform regions.
- Canadian Shield
- Interior Plains
- Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands
- Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Lowlands
- Appalacians
- Western Cordillera
- Innuitian Mountains
How many landform regions does Canada have?
7
Give 5 facts for the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Lowlands
- It is the most populated region of Canada
- It contains the largest group of inland lakes in the world
- The St. Lawrence is 1300 km long
- Has a mild climate because it is close to water
- Glacier deposits (marians) made rolling hills.
Give 5 facts for the Appalacians
- Was created when the African plate smashed into the North American plate.
- Large boulders and fjords are evidence of volcanoes and glaciers
- Highest tides in the world are found in the Bay of Fundy
- The prime industry is fishing.
- There is unpredictable fog due to conflicting air currents.
Give 5 facts for the Western Cordillera
- It is the western most region of Canada
- It was once a flat plain
- Contains the highest and most extensive mountain ranges
- The main industries are fishing and forestry
- It receives up to 250 mL of rainfall.
What are landform regions?
Areas defined by its common characteristics.
How do geographers organize their study of the earth?
By splitting it into regions.
What may be caused when land is violently pushed upwards?
Mountains
Mountains can be worn down by what?
Wind, rain, running water, and ice.
What is the wearing down of the earth called?
Erosion
How was Canada created?
Mountain building, weathering, and erosion.
What are Canada’s 3 distinctive landform types?
- Shield
- Highlands
- Lowlands
The region we are currently living in:
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Large oil and gas deposits are found beacse of the ancient coral reefs that once dominated the shallow inland seas here.
Interior Planes
The oldest highland region in Canada
Appalacians
Often referred to as the storehouse of Canada’s metallic minerals.
The Canadian Shield
The waters of Hudson Bay covered much of this lowland at the end of the last ice age.
Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands
This region’s remote location makes development too costly.
Innuitian Mountains
Home to the only remaining glaciers in Canada south of the Arctic
Western Cordillera
Millions of years of erosion has reduced its once jagged peaks into rolling mountains and hills.
Appalacians
Often referred to as Canada’s industrial and urban heartland.
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Water does not pass through the imperious bedrock here.
Canadian Shield
Made up of a series of islands located in Canada’s far north.
Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands
The mountains here are geologically young.
Innuitian Mountains
The rocks are 3.96 billion years old
Canadian Shield
Known as Canada’s breadbasket.
Interior Plains, lots of wheat is grown.
Similar rocks are found in Wales and Scotland
Appalachians
Part of this region is a very flat, low area covered by swampy forests.
Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands
The pacific plate is forcing its way under this reigon.
Western Cordillera
Glaciers have dumped large amounts of stuff.
Interior Plains
These highlands are mostly composed of sedimentary rock.
Innuitian Mountains
Name 5 facts about the Arctic- Hudson Bay Lowlands.
- They are Canada’s most northernly region
- Wild and remote
- Little population and no roads
- Northern part of the Arctic Circle
- Ancient glaciers carved out the landscape
Name 5 facts about the Canadian Shield.
- It surrounds Hudson Bay
- It is 5 million km2
- 96 billion year old bedrock.
- There are canyons, high cliffs, bogs, streams and lakes.
- Mining, minerals.
Name 5 facts about the Interior Plains
- East of the Cordillera
- Flat, good for farming.
- South has cold winters and hot summers, good for wheat.
- Rich soil
- Fossil fuels