What are some landformes in Canada?

Answer 1

Canada's Landforms. Canada is from an Iroquois word meaning "village". The weight of Ice Age glaciers created a large low basin. This is why Canada has more lakes and inland waterways than any other country.

The Eastern Highlands - Appalachian and Laurentian Highlands are rolling hills and low mountains with forests and deepwater harbors along the rocky coast.

The St, Lawrence and Great Lakes Lowlands - highly urban area with fertile soil, good transportation, and most of Canada's farms, people, and industries. Niagara Falls is found here.

The Canadian Shield and the Arctic Islands - huge, horseshoe shaped area around Hudson Bay. It is made up of hills worn down by glaciers and thousands of glacial lakes. It covers more than half of Canada. Mosses and small shrubs grow in the north with evergreen forests in the south. Soil is not good for farming, but minerals are found in abundance. The Arctic islands have tundra plants and glacial ice covers the northernmost islands.

The Interior Plains - an extension of the Great Plains. Huge, rolling prairie (inland grassland) with very fertile soil. Wheat and other grains grow here. Minerals like oil and natural gas are also found here.

The Rocky Mountains - part of the cordillera (a group of mountain ranges that run side by side). Scenic beauty (natural parks like Banff and Jasper) and rich mineral resources.

The Pacific Coast - Mt. Logan (19,551 ft.) is Canada's highest peak. West of the Rockies, hou have high plateaus until you reach the Coast Mountains (part of the cordillera). The Inside Passage is a 1,000 mile waterway between the west coast and a group of islands.

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Answer 2

Canada is made up of six main landform regions. A region is an area that has at least one unifying characteristic. A region might be determined by the nationality of the majority of people, the type of land, climate, vegetation or natural resources. These factors affect what jobs people have and how they live.

Canadian Shield | The Interior Plains | The Cordillera | The North | The Great Lakes Lowland | The Appalachian Highland

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Answer 3

The Rocky Mountains, The Great Lakes, The Niagra Escarpment, Mt. Trudeau (formerly something else), Niagra Falls, Pt. Pelee, etc.. etc...