CANADIAN SHIELD

By: Maya, Gregory, and Niam

Animal Life In the forest, moose and deer are

common

many fur-bearing animals make

homes in this region, for example:

Bears, Foxes and, Lynx

they grow heavy warm coats as an

adaption winter cold

fresh water are plentiful in lakes and

rivers

Fish grow very large because there is

little commercial fishing

fly-in sport fishing is an industry that

takes advantage of unspoiled

environment and plentiful fish

PHYSICAL FEATURES Have rocky hills, thousand lakes, river,

and streams,

Layer of soil over rock thin in most places

Glaciers of ice age spread across region

Weight of ice scraped surface of rocky hills

Loose rock and soil were pushed and

dragged great distance

When glaciers malted and retreated, rock

hills, and gravel beds

Many river systems of the Canadian shield

flow towards Hudson bay

NATURAL RESOURCES

Click icon to add picture- The Canadian Shield is a region

rich with natural resources Such as

water, forests and minerals

- Forests gives us many different

uses such as paper and furniture

- Many rivers of the region are used

to make hydroelectricity

- Mining is one of the most

important industries in the area

IMPORTANT ISSUES

- Factories and cars create a lot of

pollution. Smelters for processing

minerals such as nickel create a lot

of pollution

- Chemicals from factories and cars

come into contact with cloud

moisture and melt and creates acid

rain. Snowflakes can be acid as well

It has a negative effect on everything

it touches . Pollution can damage

soil, water, vegetation

CLIMATE

• Winters in Canadian Shield

are cold.

• Snow falls are heavy.

• Summers similar to Arctic

lowlands.

• Farther south summer

warmer and humid

• Southern Canadian Shield

1600mm precipitation.

• Much snow falls rain in

summer common.

VEGETATION• Northern area tundra

vegetation• Small plants , mosses ,

low shrubs• Farther trees and

shrubs grow• Between rocky hills and

boggy wetlands are called muskeg

• Muskeg formed living dead vegetation [fills in lakes]

• Many trees killed by acid rain