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How Was The Cordillera Mountain Range Formed?

The relentless if very slow movement of the plates underlying the Pacific Ocean towards the continental mass of North and South America has created a huge topographic rise – the American Cordillera (or mountain chain). When were the cordillera mountains formed? The northern Cordillera follows an ocean–continent boundary created by about 540 Ma, emerged as …

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What Are Canada’S 7 Landform Regions?

These are the physiographic regions of Canada: Canadian Shield. Hudson Bay Lowland. Arctic Lands. Interior Plains. Cordillera. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands. Appalachian Uplands. What are Canada’s landforms? Canada can be divided into six physiographic regions: the Canadian Shield, the interior plains, the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence lowlands, the Appalachian region, the Western Cordillera, and …

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