GEOG 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Great Slave Lake, North American Cordillera
6 Jan 2020
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As the second largest country in the world, canada includes a wide variety of land regions, vast maritime terrains, thousands of islands, more lakes and inland waters than any other country, and the longest coastline on the planet. In essence, canada is a smorgasbord of landforms. Significant landforms include the appalachian mountains; st. lawrence river; canadian shield; Canadian arctic archipelago; great lakes; hudson bay; great plains; lake winnipeg; columbia, Fraser, mackenzie and yukon rivers; great bear lake; great slave lake; rocky mountains; Canadian cordillera and the dozens of volcanoes along the pacific ring of fire. The appalachiansextend from the new england states in the u. s. up through parts of the. Canadian provinces of new brunswick, newfoundland and quebec. Thecanadian arctic archipelagois located north of the canadian mainland on the fringes of the. This group of some 36,000 islands is mostly part of the territory of nunavut. Baffin, ellesmere and victoria islands are the largest of the group, respectfully.
