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Innuition Mountains (Interior Plains (Appalachians (Formed during the…
Innuition Mountains
- Formed during the Paleozoic Era
- The landscape is flat and low lying
- The rock types consists of sedimentary bedrock
- The vegetation is grassland (prairie)
- Agriculture and farming take place in this area
Canadian Shield
- Formed during the Precambrian Era
- The landscape consists of plateaus and flat and rounded hills
- The rock type is igneous and metamorphic
- A boreal forest lies within this region
- Mining and tourism are the main human activities
Appalachians
- Formed during the Paleozoic Era
- Rolling mountains and hills dominate the landscape
- The rock types are sedimentary
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- Coal and minerals are plentiful and also located near the Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Lowlands
- Formed during the Paleozoic
- The topography consists of flat low lying land
- It contains mostly sedimentary rocks
- It is north of the tree line and contains tundra vegetation
- The harsh climate does not permit many human activities
Hudson Bay Lowland
- Formed during the Paleozoic/Cenozoic Eras
- The landscape consists of marshes, swamps and bogs
- The rock types are mainly sedimentary rocks
- Marshy and muddy vegetation
- Lignite (a form of coal), oil and fossil fuels are all mined
Western Cordillera
- Began in the Mesozoic Era and continued into the Cenozoic Era
- The landscape is dominated with Plateaus, valleys and mountains
- The rock type is folded sedimentary rocks
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- Farming, mining, logging and tourism takes place in this region
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- Formed during the Mesozoic Era
- The topography consists of rounded hills and glaciers
- The rock types are mostly sedimentary rocks
- The vegetation is north of the tree line and contains some tundra vegetation
- The resources have not yet been exploited