List of physiogeographic regions of British Columbia
This is a list of physiogeographic regions of British Columbia, as defined by S.S. Holland in Bulletin 48 of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources' Landforms of British Columbia.[1][2] For physiogeologic regions of British Columbia, see List of physiogeologic regions of British Columbia.
Western Cordillera (Canadian Cordillera)
Western System
Saint Elias Mountains
- Fairweather Range
- Duke Depression
- Alsek Ranges
- Icefield Ranges
Insular Mountains
- Vancouver Island Ranges
- Estevan Lowland (aka Estevan Strandflat)
- Queen Charlotte Mountains
- Queen Charlotte Ranges
- Skidegate Plateau
Coastal Trough
- Georgia Depression
- Fraser Lowland
- Puget Lowland
- Nanaimo Lowland
- Georgia Lowland
- Hecate Depression
- Nahwitti Lowland
- Queen Charlotte Lowland
- Argonaut Plain
Coast Mountains
- Boundary Ranges
- Pacific Ranges
- Kitimat Ranges
- Fiord Ranges - Geophysical Survey of Canada designation for the Kitimat Ranges, plus the lower portion of the Pacific Ranges between the icefield-massifs at the core of the range and the coast.[3] The latter are sometimes labelled the Front Ranges on some topographic maps but are not in evidence on modern versions.
Cascade Mountains
Interior System
Northern Plateau and Mountain Area
Central Plateau and Mountain Area
- Interior Mountains (aka Northern Interior Mountains)
- Cassiar Mountains
- Stikine Plateau
- Yukon Plateau
- Omineca Mountains
- Hazelton Mountains
- Nass Ranges
- Skeena Mountains
- Nass Basin (Nass Depression)
Southern Plateau and Mountain Area
- Interior Plateau
- Thompson Plateau
- Cariboo Plateau
- Chilcotin Plateau
- Nechako Plateau
- Fraser Basin
- Nechako Plain
- Fraser Basin
- Rocky Mountain Trench
- Columbia Mountains
Eastern System (Rocky Mountain System)
Mackenzie Mountain Area
Rocky Mountain Area
Interior Plains
- Alberta Plateau
- Fort Nelson Lowland
References
- ↑ Landforms of British Columbia: A Physiographic Outline, by S. Holland 1964 (revised 1976), British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Archived 2005-05-09 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Landforms of British Columbia: A Physiographic Outline- Physiographic map, by S. Holland 1964 (revised 1976), British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
- ↑ access to online Physiographic map of the Canadian Cordillera, W.H. Mathews, Geophysical Survey of Canada (Natural Resources Canada), 1986 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
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