1. Landform Regions of Canada
An important theme in Geography is Space
Not Outer Space
The area of the earth is 150,000,000 sq km
The area of Canada is 9,976,140 sq km

2. Land Form Regions
In order to help describe the Large space that Canada occupies, Canada has been divided in a number of different way.
One way in which Canada has been divided is politically.

3. Land Form Regions Today we are concerned with “Landform Regions”
A landform region is an part of the earth with a unique set of physical features that people often use to meet their needs.

4. So when we are talking about Land Form regions we are talking about Physical Characteristics.
Mushroom cut
Cartoon character
Short Shorts

5. Physical Characteristics
Few People
Lakes
Igneous Rock
Christmas Trees (Coniferous Trees)

6. Land Form Regions of Canada
Canada has Seven Land Form Regions
Can you think of where these Regions might be located?
Hint: Think of the Various Physical Characteristics of the Provinces and Territories

7. So Why Does Canada have different Physical Characteristics in different Regions?
Well… Not all of Canada is the Same age….
The longer the region has been around the longer it has been effected by the forces of Erosion. Older Region = More Erosion

8. Your Text book compares the growth of Canada to a Tree Trunk growing out from the center.
But Canada did not grow Evenly….

9. The Seven Land Form Regions of Canada are…

10. The Canadian Shield Characteristics
Formed by Volcanoes starting 3 billion years ago.
Igneous and Metamorphic Rock.
Glaciers = Billions of years of Erosion … they scraped away much of the soil and marked the land with hollows and depressions.
This created a land of lakes and swamps some glacial lakes dried up forming clay belts with good soil.

11. Great-Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
A Low Lying Area
Sedimentary Rock which eroded from the Canadian Shield.
Rock is about half a billion years old.
Glaciers deposited a lot of soil
Glaciers scraped out large basins = Great Lakes.

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The Niagara Escarpment formed because the escarpment is made of hard Limestone rock surrounded by softer sedimentary stone like Sandstone and Shale. Niagara Falls is an example of the Escarpment.

13. The Appalachians
The mountains of the Appalachian region began to form 250 million years ago
Plate movements forced Sedimentary rock to fold upwards
Forces of Erosion ground the mountains down to a fraction of their height and the ocean has eroded the coast line forming many natural harbors.

14. Interior Plains Wide open area, with no Mountains and few trees.
Mostly 200 million year old sedimentary rock.
Ancient sea beds.
Glaciers deposited very rich soil

15. Western Cordillera Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks.
Rocky Mountains
Formed by Volcanos and folding
Interior Plateau

16. The Innuitians
Another Region formed the same way as the Appalachians and the Rockies.
It is the middle child, older than the Rockies and younger than the Appalachians.
Sedimentary Rock
Currently covered by Large Glaciers.

17. Arctic
Cold! The coldest day in Canada was at Pelly Bay, Nunavut. The temperature with the wind chill was -91 Celsius.
Islands = Sedimentary Rock.
The land has been scraped bare by moving Ice = Erosion

18. Rocks And Resources Population
Now we have examined Physical Characteristics and Climate but how does it effect us?
Rocks And Resources
Population

19. Rocks & Resources
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20. Population
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21. Poor Soil, Coniferous Trees
the Canadian Shield
Poor Soil, Coniferous Trees
Few Major Cities
Hydroelectricity
Mining

22. the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
Escarpment
Large Cities
Industrial Heartland

23. Sedimentary Mountains
the Appalachians
Sedimentary Mountains
Many Natural Harbors
A few cities over 100’000

24. 2 cities nearing 1 million
Interior Plains
Oil and Natural Gas
Farming
Flat Sedimentary Rock
2 cities nearing 1 million

25. Western Cordillera Sedimentary Mountains Tourism
Igneous Mountains
Large population in the
Victoria-Vancouver Area