Canada's Landform Regions

The 7 Landform Regions consist of 7 different landforms which are the Arctic and Subarctic Lands, the Western Cordillera, the Interior Plains, the Hudson Bay Lowland, the Canadian Shield, the St. Lawrence Lowland, and the Appalachian Region.

What provinces & territories cover the region?

The provinces/territories involved are Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon

What % and km² does it cover? The Arctic/ Subarctic lowlands covers 2.6km2 and 40-45% of Canada’s land area. What Rock Type is it Made of? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) The Arctic/Subarctic Lowlands is composed of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. What are Four Characteristics About the Arctic and Subarctic Lands?

What Provinces & Territories Cover the Region?

The provinces/territories that cover the Western Cordillera are British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, and Northwest Territories. What % and km² Does it Cover? The Western Cordillera covers 1.6 million km2 and 16% of Canada. What Rock Type is it Made of? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) The Western Cordillera is made up of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. What are 4 Characteristics about the Western Cordillera? The first characteristic about the Western Cordillera is that the Canadian portion of the Western Cordillera is around 800 km long The second characteristic about the Western Cordillera is that the oldest noticeable aspect of the Cordilleran terrain is the upland of their interior plateaus.  The third characteristic about the Western Cordillera is that some areas apart of Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories weren’t wet enough to create glaciers  The fourth characteristic about the Western Cordillera is that valleys and lowlands usually have slits and clays that were dropped into ice-dammed lakes while glaciers were melting

What Provinces & Territories Cover the Region?

The provinces/territories that the Interior Plains cover are Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories.

What % and km² Does it Cover? The Interior Plains covers 1.8 million km2 and 18% of Canada’s land surface. What Rock Type is it Made of? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) The Interior Plains are made up of sedimentary rocks. What are 4 Characteristics about the Interior Plains?

The first characteristic about the Interior Plains it that the Palaeozoic rocks are covered up with slits and clay from glacial lakes The second characteristic about the Interior Plains is that the slope in the southern part of the region is categorised into three levels  The third characteristic about the Interior Plains is that the first level is in the southeast in the Manitoba Plain, which is underneath the Manitoba Escarpment at around under 400 m The fourth characteristic about the Interior Plains is that the second level is towards the west, called the Saskatchewan Plain

What Provinces & Territories Cover the Region?

The provinces/territories that cover up the Hudson Bay Lowland are Ontario, Manitoba, and Nunavut. What % and km² Does it Cover? The Hudson Bay Lowland covers 320,000km2 and 3.2% of Canada’s land surface. What Rock Type is it Made of? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) The Hudson Bay Lowland is made up of sedimentary rocks. What are 4 Characteristics About the Hudson Bay Lowland? The first characteristic about the Hudson Bay Lowland is that usually there’s huge plains of muskeg with peat buildup and countless ponds The second characteristic about the Hudson Bay Lowland is that northeast of the lowland, the bedrock landscape is entirely covered up by glacial and marine sediments  The third characteristic about the Hudson Bay Lowland is that the sea levels are still currently around 90cm per 100 years  The fourth characteristic about the Hudson Bay Lowland is that towards the south, flooding by waters were quickly followed by a sheet of ice

What Provinces & Territories Cover the Region?

The provinces/territories that cover up the Canadian Shield are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. 

What % and km² Does it Cover? The Canadian Shield covers around 5 million km2 and 48% of Canada’s land surface. What Rock Type is it Made of? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) The Canadian Shield is composed of sedimentary rocks. What are 4 Characteristics of the Canadian Shield? The first characteristic about the Canadian Shield is that it’s made up of Precambrian rocks that were made around 1-4 billion years ago The second characteristic about the Canadian Shield is that around half of the Canadian Shield is categorised as upland The third characteristic about the Canadian Shield is that at a ton of places around the Shield, plateaus and uplands are broken up by a group of similar hills  The fourth characteristic about the Canadian Shield is that the Canadian Shield Forest Lands will still stay as the biggest physiographic region in Canada

What Provinces & Territories Cover the Region?

The provinces/territories that are covering St. Lawrence Lowlands are Ontario and Quebec.

What % and km² Does it Cover? The St. Lawrence Lowlands covers 180,000km2 and 1.8% of Canada’s land surface. What Rock Type is it Made of? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) The St. Lawrence Lowlands are composed of sedimentary rocks. What are 4 Characteristics about the St. Lawrence Lowlands?  The first characteristic about the St. Lawrence Lowlands is that the West St. Lawrence Lowlands are made up of a limestone plain  The second characteristic about the St. Lawrence Lowlands is that towards southeastern Ontario and southern Quebec, Central St. Lawrence’s (subregion) topography is made from sedimentary rocks The third characteristic about the St Lawrence Lowlands is that there are 7 Monteregian Hills that are exhumed roots of volcanoes around 120 million years ago The fourth characteristic about the St Lawrence Lowlands is that the East St. Lawrence Lowlands is a subregion that goes from the lower part of St. Lawrence estuary to the Gulf of St Lawrence and then starts to narrow towards northeast of Strait of Belle Isle

What Provinces & Territories Cover the Region?

The provinces/territories covering the Appalachian Region are Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. 

What % and km² Does it Cover? The Appalachian Region covers 360,000km2 and 3.6% of Canada’s land surface. What Rock Type is it Made of? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) The Appalachian Region is made up of sedimentary rocks. What are 4 Characteristics about the Appalachian Region? The first characteristic about the Appalachian Region is that the western part of Newfoundland and the northeastern part of New Brunswick summits are around 600-880 m The second characteristic about the Appalachian Region is that landscapes in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia is really similar to the landscape in the Shield  The third characteristic about the Appalachian Region is that the remaining parts of the region, including mountain zones and highlands only show really bad glacial erosion  The fourth characteristic about the Appalachian Region is that glacial deposits in valleys are more thick there, and the soil is more grainy