Canada’s Landform Regions

1. Canada’s Landform Regions

2. Landform Region Map

3. Canada has three basic types of landforms.1. Shield 2. Highlands 3. Lowlands They form a pattern.

4. The Creation of Canada’s Landforms! The next few slides contain a series of hand drawn images illustrating the creation of Canada’s Landform regions.

5. 1. Precambrian Canada Erosion Transportation Transportation Deposition Deposition Plate Collision 2. Paleozoic Canada Folded Mountains

6. 3. Mesozoic Canada Plate Collision 4. Cenozoic Canada Western Cordillera Appalachians Canadian Shield Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands Interior Plains Glaciers!!! – ended about 20 000 years ago Landforms not seen (in the back) - Hudson Bay Lowlands, - Arctic Lowlands, - Innuitian Mountains

7. Western Cordillera

8. Western Cordillera • Mountains of the Yukon • Notice the jagged peaks • If you looks carefully, you will also see glaciers

9. Western Cordillera • One of the large glaciers found in the Yukon

10. Western Cordillera • A glacier-fed lake in Jasper National Park in Alberta

11. Western Cordillera • Jasper National Park • The valley is U-shaped because it was carved by a glacier, not the river you see here

12. Western Cordillera • The Coast Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop in this picture of North Vancouver, BC

13. Interior Plains

14. Interior Plains • Farmland near the Red River in Southern Manitoba

15. Interior Plains • The meandering Red River in Southern Manitoba

16. Interior Plains • The Cypress Hills in Southern Saskatchewan

17. Interior Plains • The Qu’Appelle Valley in Southern Saskatchewan • A rare change from the flat landscape in this region

18. Interior Plains • Cows graze in a rocky field • These rocks, deposited by glaciers, are called moraine

19. Arctic Lowlands

20. Arctic Lowlands • Tundra in Nunavut • Notice the flat land and strewn rocks

21. Arctic Lowlands • The flat, exposed land of Prince Patrick Island in the Northwest Territories

22. Arctic Lowlands • Another image of Prince Patrick Island in the NWT • The flat land allows melting water to cover a vast area

23. Innuitian Mountains

24. Innuitian Mountains • The dramatic cliffs of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

25. Innuitian Mountains • A glacier and its melt water on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

26. Innuitian Mountains • Red rocks and barren landscape on Melville Island • Melville Island is divided between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories

27. Canadian Shield

28. Canadian Shield • Lake near Port Cartier, Quebec • Rounded hills in the background

29. Canadian Shield • Exposed rock along the lakeshore • Notice the scratches in the rock • They were caused by glaciers

30. Canadian Shield • Boulder field in the Northwest Territories • More evidence of glaciation

31. Canadian Shield • A boulder in the Northwest Territories • It was deposited here by a retreating glacier

32. Canadian Shield • Exposed rock near Abitibi, Quebec • The scratches are the result of a glacier

33. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands

34. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • Typical farm in Ontario

35. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • The city of Toronto from the air • Notice the lack of hills • Also notice the smog

36. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • Farmland near Toronto

37. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands • Southern Ontario from the air • Notice the flat horizon

38. Hudson Bay Lowlands

39. Hudson Bay Lowlands • A wetland known as a muskeg in Northern Manitoba

40. Hudson Bay Lowlands • The watery terrain outside Churchill, Manitoba

41. Hudson Bay Lowlands • The water-filled landscape near Fort Severn, Ontario

42. Hudson Bay Lowlands • A forested bog outside Gilliam, Manitoba

43. Appalachian Mountains

44. Appalachian Mountains • Rocky shoreline at West Dover, NS • The boulders were deposited by glaciers

45. Appalachian Mountains • Valley in Cape Breton • Notice the rounded mountains

46. Appalachian Mountains • Aspy Bay in Cape Breton

47. Appalachian Mountains • Cape Breton Highlands • The mountains have been flattened by erosion