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
- 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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- 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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