The Interior Plains

It is 1 8 million km2 or 18 of canada s land surface.

The interior plains. In the southern part of the interior plains lie grasslands. Droughts are long periods without rain or snow. In canada it separates the rocky mountains from the canadian shield while in the u s it includes the great plains of the west and the tallgrass prairie region to the south of the great lakes extending east to the appalachian plateau region.

The interior plains is an area that affects 5 canadian provinces that include yukon the north west territories british columbia alberta saskatchewan and manitoba. The interior plains also has escarpments and badlands the interior plains p 4. Interior plains the interior plains are located in throughout canada in the yukon northwest territories british columbia alberta saskatchewan and manitoba.

The interior plains fall under the mountain and central time zones the interior plains p 2. The interior plains has flat plains with gently rolling hills lowlands plateaus foothills the interior plains p 4. It often has severe weather such as droughts flooding tornadoes hail dust storms blizzards and ice storms.

The interior plains has many natural resources such as oil natural gas coal forests and farmland. About 500 million years ago shallow seas covered the interior plains. The interior plains are a vast physiographic region that spreads across the laurentian craton of central north america extending from the gulf coast region to the arctic ocean along the east flank of the rocky mountains.

The largest lakes in the interior plains is the great bear lake great slave lake and lake winnipeg the interior plains p 2.