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Canada’s Landform Regions
Landform Region Map
Appalachian Mountains
• Rocky shoreline at West Dover, NS
• The boulders were deposited by glaciers
Appalachian Mountains
• Valley in Cape Breton• Notice the rounded
mountains
Appalachian Mountains
• Aspy Bay in Cape Breton
Appalachian Mountains
• Cape Breton Highlands
• The mountains have been flattened by erosion
Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
• Typical farm in Ontario
Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
• The city of Toronto from the air
• Notice the lack of hills• Also notice the smog
Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
• Farmland near Toronto
Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
• Southern Ontario from the air
• Notice the flat horizon
Canadian Shield
• Lake near Port Cartier, Quebec
• Rounded hills in the background
Canadian Shield
• Exposed rock along the lakeshore
• Notice the scratches in the rock
• They were caused by glaciers
Canadian Shield
• Boulder field in the Northwest Territories
• More evidence of glaciation
Canadian Shield
• A boulder in the Northwest Territories
• It was deposited here by a retreating glacier
Canadian Shield
• Exposed rock near Abitibi, Quebec
• The scratches are the result of a glacier
Hudson Bay Lowlands
• A wetland known as a muskeg in Northern Manitoba
Hudson Bay Lowlands
• The watery terrain outside Churchill, Manitoba
Hudson Bay Lowlands
• The water-filled landscape near Fort Severn, Ontario
Hudson Bay Lowlands
• A forested bog outside Gilliam, Manitoba
Interior Plains
• Farmland near the Red River in Southern Manitoba
Interior Plains
• The meandering Red River in Southern Manitoba
Interior Plains
• The Cypress Hills in Southern Saskatchewan
Interior Plains
• The Qu’Appelle Valley in Southern Saskatchewan
• A rare change from the flat landscape in this region
Interior Plains
• Cows graze in a rocky field
• These rocks, deposited by glaciers, are called moraine
Western Cordillera
• Mountains of the Yukon
• Notice the jagged peaks
• If you looks carefully, you will also see glaciers
Western Cordillera
• One of the large glaciers found in the Yukon
Western Cordillera
• A glacier-fed lake in Jasper National Park in Alberta
Western Cordillera
• Jasper National Park• The valley is U-
shaped because it was carved by a glacier, not the river you see here
Western Cordillera
• The Coast Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop in this picture of North Vancouver, BC
Arctic Lowlands
• Tundra in Nunavut• Notice the flat land
and strewn rocks
Arctic Lowlands
• The flat, exposed land of Prince Patrick Island in the Northwest Territories
Arctic Lowlands
• Another image of Prince Patrick Island in the NWT
• The flat land allows melting water to cover a vast area
Innuitian Mountains
• The dramatic cliffs of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Innuitian Mountains
• A glacier and its melt water on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Innuitian Mountains
• Red rocks and barren landscape on Melville Island
• Melville Island is divided between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories