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What is a landform

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A physical feature above land

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What are the landforms

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Valley, Volcano, Island, Plateu, Delta, Glacier, Mountain, Desert

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8 Canadian landfrom regions

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Western Cordillera, Canadian Shield, St.Lawrence lowlands, interior plains, Apalachian Region, Hudson Bay lowlands, Arctic Cordillera

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What is a river system

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A bunch of streams or smaller rivers which all flow into one big river

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Trellis drainage pattern

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a straight line with other paralell lines coming out of it (the rarest)

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Dendric drainage pattern

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ressembles a tree with a bunch of smaller rivers (most common)

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Human changes to landfrom

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land reclemation, mining

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natural changes to landfrom

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erosion, deposition, weathering, glaciation, tetonic forces

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four different spheres

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geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere,biosphere

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what is a plateau

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a large area of highland that is very flat on the top, made from erosion

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how are valleys made

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erosion

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how are volcanos made

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when earth’s plates move together and force magma up

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what is a desert

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an area of land where precipitation levels are very low

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what is a delta

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deposited debris forms triangle shaped landmasses

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what is an island

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a peice of land surrounded by water

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Wester Cordillera

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Rocky Mountains
Yukon, BC

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Canadien shield

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very flat
lots of mounatins
more than half of canada

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Hudson Bay lowlands

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swampy
ontario, manitoba, quebec

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St.Lawrence lowlands

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southern ontario

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Appalachian Region

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Quebec, Newbrunswick,PEI, Novascotia, new foundland

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Arctic Lowlands and Innuitian Mountains

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made by series of islands

22
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what is erosion

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when natural forces break and change landscapes

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what is deposition

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wehn netural forces take and carry things to new places

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what is glaciation

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glaciation is when snow becomes hard and turns into ice

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what is tectonic forces

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when earth’s plates move

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