UNITED STATES AND CANADA'S LANDFORMS

Shared LANDFORMS

• Rocky Mountains: Located in western North America
• Covers 3,000 miles and an elevation of 14,440 feet
• The Rockies start in British Columbia and end in New Mexico
• The Rockies were formed by tectonic forces and plates colliding

UNITED STATES LANDFORMS

• Yellowstone Caldera: Located in Wyoming
• 28 by 47 miles and was formed 640,000 years ago
• Theres molten rock 9 miles below the earths surface
• Recent eruption as 70,000 years ago
• Since 2004 the ground has risen as much as 2.4 a year

CANADAs Landform

• Innuitian Mountains: In Nunavut and Northwest Territories
• Over 8,202 feet in height and 802 miles long
• Due to the cold climate theres no plants or wildlife
• The mountain has minerals such as iron, zinc, and coal
• The mountain was formed from the North American plate moving forward.

More shared landforms

• Appalachian Mountains: formed 480 million years ago
• Starting from the island of Newfoundland to Alabama
• 1,500 miles long and an elevation of 6,684 feet
• Its divided into three regions: Northern, Central & Southern
• The mountain has major deposits of coal in metamorphosed form

Credits

• www.nationalgeographic.com
• www.wikipedia.org