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The forested Canadian Shield is a huge highest are the Rocky Mountains, with
region that wraps around Hudson Bay. snow-covered peaks reaching 3,954
Long ago, glaciers scraped the area meters (13,000 ft ) In between the
clean of soil and exposed the rocky mountains are fertile valleys where
surface. When the glaciers melted, farmers grow fruit and other crops. To
thousands of lakes formed. Within the north of all these regions and their
this wet region lies a cold, marshy area forests lies the Arctic tundra, where
known as the Hudson Bay lowlands. freezing temperatures prevent any
The interior plains are grasslands in trees from growing.
the south and forests in the north.
Today the grasslands are used for
raising livestock and growing grains.
In the far west is the Cordillera region
with great mountain chains. The
