- Is made of parallel mountain ranges separated by a series of plateaus, trenches, and valleys in BC and Yukon.
- The landscape involves dormant volcanoes, glaciers, ice fields. This is part of a chain of mountains that stretches from Alaska to Chile.
- The Interior Plateau, Rocky and Coast mountain ranges are the youngest landforms all around Canada.
- Plate Collision and plate tectonics formed the landforms that caused the earth’s crust to buckle, pushing, and folding volcanic rocks into mountains.
- The mountainous landscape we see today is caused by a erosion that is from rivers and glaciers.
- Geological processes left rich mineral deposits, such as copper, gold, and coal.
- Forestry and major industry is a major part in the Cordillera region.
- Deposits that went in the valleys formed rich, fertile soils of areas like the Fraser River Valley.
- Before buildings in Vancouver of roads and railways, the river was vital transportation route.
- The rich deposits of gold and coal resulted in booms that helped develop BC as a province.
This symbolizes the landform of the beach.
The largest mountain on BC with jagged peaks.
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