Landscape highlighted in green
Physical regions
The arctic region contains subarctic along with a tundra biome with its characteristics
being plains lowlands and mountains.
this region was formed by the pressure from the northeastern edge of the Canadian
shield pushing up sedimentary rock to form a range of fold mountains, these mountain’s
which called an innuitian a extend more than 1000 kilometres
cordillera region includes parkland, grassland, mixed, coastal, inferior and
coniferous forest with its characteristics being made up of parallel mountain
ranges separated by plateaus, trenches, and valleys, dormant, volcanoes, glaciers, and
ice fields these are the characteristics which occupy the majority of in the province of
British Columbia along with the territory Yukon
the regions landforms such as the Rocky’s and costal mountain ranges were formed
when a plate collision caused the earth’s crust to buckle, pushing and folding volcanic
rock into the mountains we see today but this plate movement dint only cause the
formation of mountain’s it also cased the formation of plateaus, valleys and tranches
Interior plains region which is placed in-between the cordillera and that Canadian
Shield includes the following biomes tundra, open woodlands, coniferous forest,
parkland, and grassland,
this region formed by soils carried out by river from the Canadian shield the soils were
deposited at its edge and formed layers of sedimentary rock which later on became large
areas of mostly flat land, rolling hills and river valleys
The Canadian Shield which makes nearly half of Canada’s surface includes mixed
forest, coniferous forest, open woodland, tundra, and subarctic biomes regions
Was formed because the shield was once a volcanic mountain range but through
millions of years weathering erosion and especially the action of glaciers worn out the
land to a landscape of, bare rocks, lakes and wetlands
st. Lawrence lowlands region made out of a region of mixed forest
This region was mainly formed by the retreating ice sheet that covered most of Canada
during the last ice age. The ice sheets pushed soils from the shield into the area where
the lowlands are today and as the sheets of ice melted it formed giant lakes
Appalachian region open woodland, mixed forest and coniferous forest regions have
contributed to create a varied landscape of rolling hills valleys, small mountains,
highlands and costal fjords
This region was formed by worn-down glaciers and millions of years of erosion.
Biomes
Subarctic:
The subarctic region of Canada covers the physical regions of the arctic along with the
Canadian Shield .its vegetation consists from many swampy areas of scattered
coniferous trees, mixed with tundra vegetation.
Making it ideal for Arctic wildlife such as caribou, lemmings, and snowy owls.
Tundra: the tundra’s vegetation has a treeless landscape, permafrost with mostly low
shrubs, mosses and lichens.
not all wild life can survive this harsh climate but Polar bears, seals, walruses, muskox,
and Arctic foxes are built to survive these conditions
survive in this harsh climate
bylot island Nunavut
this picture shows everything that was used to describe the tundra. in addition the
mountain region.
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the tundra has every low temperatures with the winter average temperature is -34°C,and in the
summer the average is between 3°C and 12°C
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Open woodland is an area of scattered evergreen trees, shrubs, and grass. This
vegetation makes it ideal for Animals
such as caribou, martens, bears, geese, beaver, and lynx to live in this region
thimmens riviere, Quebec
coniferous forest in this region soils are not so fertile making the vegetation plentiful
of Evergreens such as spruce, fir, pine, and aspen.
This region also features wild life such as deer, moose, black bears, and many furbearing
animals, as well as hawks, eagles, and various types of wild ducks.
Coastal and interior forest this region is primarily a coniferous forest area. The
higher slopes of mountains above the treeline have tundra and Arctic vegetation.
Some southern interior valleys have short grass and plants.
Unsettled areas are home to abundant wildlife such as cougars, mountain
sheep, bears, moose, and birds.
Mixed forest Made up of softwood trees, such as hemlock and cedar, as well as
hardwood trees such as maple, birch, oak, and ash. This region has
the same wildlife as the coniferous region. Soil is more fertile in mixed
forests than in coniferous forests
In Nova Scotia
Parkland A transition zone between the dry southern prairies and the coniferous
forest, this region has long grasses and clumps of aspen and
cottonwood trees.
Alberta
Grassland soils are far more fertile than in the forest regions and unlike the forest
region, this is an area where the vegetation is mostly made up of short grasses because
there’s not enough moisture for trees.
Wild life features Antelope, gophers, and wild fowl.
Grasslands national park
Fun facts
Bison, until hunted to near extinction, were the largest group of animal in the grassland.
The Rocky and Coastal mountain ranges, along with British Columbia’s
Interior Plateau, are the youngest landforms in Canada.
Shield formations are among the oldest areas in the world.