Landform Region

Question 1

There are eight distinct landforms in Canada:

Answer 1

1. Western Cordillera Region
2. Interior Plains
3. Canadian Shield
4. Hudson Bay Lowlands
5. Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
6. Appalachian Region
7. Arctic Lowlands
8. Innuitian Mountains

Question 2

Criteria Used to Determine Landform Regions (or Physiographic region)

Answer 2

Physical Features – what does the land look like?
2) Geology - What type(s) of rock are present in the region
3) Elevation – How high above sea level is the region?
4) Forces Forming - How the land was shaped eg. Volcanoes, earthquakes, glaciers, folding, faulting

Question 3

Western Cordillera Notes

Answer 3

Physical Features: Mountains, valleys, foothills
Geology: mainly sedimentary, some igneous and metamorphic
Elevation: 1000-3000 metres and 0 metres around coast
Forces Forming: folding, faulting, glaciers, volcanism

Question 4

Interior Plains Notes

Answer 4

Physical Features: generally flat land with some small hills and escarpments
Geology: mainly sedimentary rocks
Elevation: mostly around 200 metres and 500 metres around Rocky Mountains
Forces Forming: erosion, glaciers, sedimentation

Question 5

Canadian Shield Notes

Answer 5

Physical Features: small hills, lots of lakes, swamps, “rugged, undulating landscape
Geology: mainly igneous and metamorphic with some sedimentary
Elevation: 300-500 metres
Forces Forming: folding, faulting, glaciers, volcanism, earthquakes

Question 6

Great Lakes-St Lawrence Lowlands Notes

Answer 6

Physical Features: gently rolling landscape, lots of soil, lakes and rivers
Geology: mainly sedimentary
Elevation: 50-100 metres
Forces Forming: sedimentation, glaciers and erosion

Question 7

Hudson Bay Lowlands Notes

Answer 7

Physical Features: flat, swampy, some rivers
Geology: mainly sedimentary
Elevation: 0-75 metres
Forces Forming: sedimentation, glaciers and erosion

Question 8

Appalachian Region Notes

Answer 8

Physical Features: low rugged mountains, bogs, shallow lakes, some hills and valleys
Geology: mainly sedimentary, some metamorphic
Elevation: 200-1000 metres
Forces Forming: sedimentation, folding

Question 9

Arctic Lowlands and Innuitian Mountains Notes

Answer 9

Physical Features: small mountains, plains, permafrost, no trees, little vegetation
Geology: lowlands- mainly sedimentary
mountains – mainly igneous and metamorphic
Elevation: 0-500 metres
Forces Forming: folding, faulting, volcanism, glaciers