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What is the landscape and climate of the Canadian shield?

In the northern part of the Canadian shield the winters are long and cold and the summers are short and warm. In the southern part the winters are cold and snowy and the summers are warm. The southern part has between 300mm to 1600mm of rain and snow a year. The northern part has less that 300mm of rain and snow each year.


Are moose in the Canadian shield?

More on it than in it but yes there are moose living in the forests of the Canadian Shield. The Shield extends into the north so there are caribou as well.


Is Yellowknife in the Canadian shield?

Yes, Yellowknife is located within the Canadian Shield region. The Canadian Shield covers a large portion of Northern Canada, including the area where Yellowknife is situated in the Northwest Territories.


What Canadian landforms covers about half of the country?

the Canadian shield


What are the life styles of the Canadian shield physical region?

The Canadian Shield region of Canada is a big region. It is the largest sub-region in the northern region of the country. It is 4.8-billon square km in area. It is located in northeast Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, southern N.W.T, Ontario (except for the peninsula), Quebec and Labrador. The largest bodies of water in this region are Great Slave Lake, Lake Athabasca, Reindeer Lake and part of Lake Superior. There are also many rivers in this region. The landscape in this region can be described as rocky with many different types of bodies of water. The Canadian Shield has many cultural groups. One of the first cultural groups was the Inuit. The Canadian Shield's main cultural groups are from Europe. There are both French and English people. These cultural groups live together in the Canadian Shield. The climate of the Canadian Shield is different than ours in Southern Alberta. The climate in the northern part of the Canadian Shield is long, cold winters and short, warm summers. The southern part of the Canadian Shield has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. The southern part of the Canadian Shield has between 300 mm and 1600 mm of rain and snow each year. The northern part of the Canadian Shield has less than 300 mm of rain and snow each year. The vegetation in the Canadian Shield region of Canada is very different than the rest of Canada. The vegetation of the Canadian Shield is mostly trees. There are many types of trees in the Canadian Shield. Some of the trees are coniferous trees and deciduous. It is all mixed in the southern part of the Canadian Shield. The forests are mixed with birch trees, aspen trees, tamarack trees, black and white spruce tress, willow trees, hemlock trees, pine trees and balsam fir tress. The mixed forests are beautiful in the fall when the leaves of the deciduous trees change color.