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1. Where is it located?

- includes parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta

-  located between the Canadian Shield and the Cordillera Regions

 

2. What bodies of water are found in this region? (major lakes and rivers)

- Red River by Winnipeg

- Mackenzie River

- Saskatchewan River

 

3. What does the terrain look like?

-        few trees, various grasses

-        wheat fields

-        rolling hills

-        low-lying valleys and plains sloping eastward

 

4. What natural resources and are found in this region?

-        fertile soil

-        oil

-        boreal forest

-        range land

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5. In what way are the natural resources important to the main industries of this region?

-        dominated by farming

-        leader in petroleum production

-        ranching

-        forestry

-        oil sands

 

6. What are some unique features? (a feature that would probably NOT be found in another

region)

-        high gravel plateaus (Cypress Hills),

-        badlands (Red Deer River valley)

-        deeply eroded river valleys such as the Peace River valley.

-        hoodoos (desert like conditions

-        oil sands