Landforms in the Taiga Shield
Landforms in the Taiga Shield are rolling hills and bumpy land. Similar to the Canadian Shield's overall landscape.
Landforms in the Taiga Shield were formed mainly during the last Ice Age. During the precambrian era, through violent occurrences in the Earth's lithosphere and volcanic intrusion, rocks were folded, warped and faulted. Rocks were worn down by relentless weathering and erosion caused from rainstorms, flooding, annual freezing cycles and rivers. However, in various parts of the Taiga Shield, moving glaciers excavated the land resulting in enormous depressions which eventually were infilled as lakes. On the other hand, the remaining parts of the shield were blanketed by sand and clay during the last glacial retreat.
The Taiga Shield is not the average plain surface you'd be walking on. The shield terrain is broadly rolling hills and multiple upper land areas and numerous long, sinuous eskers. Majority of the flat/lower areas are often waterlogged or wet for prolonged time periods. The overall landscape is dotted with countless amounts of lakes and wetlands which originally were created from the depressions which the glacial movement from the last ice age caused. For example, the Great Slave Lake, Lake Melville and Dubawnt Lake are just a couple of major bodies of water located within the shield. (Excluding the Atlantic Ocean which is not within the shield) The Taiga Shield has multiple bedrock outcrops along with few morainal deposits.
Landforms in the Taiga Shield were formed mainly during the last Ice Age. During the precambrian era, through violent occurrences in the Earth's lithosphere and volcanic intrusion, rocks were folded, warped and faulted. Rocks were worn down by relentless weathering and erosion caused from rainstorms, flooding, annual freezing cycles and rivers. However, in various parts of the Taiga Shield, moving glaciers excavated the land resulting in enormous depressions which eventually were infilled as lakes. On the other hand, the remaining parts of the shield were blanketed by sand and clay during the last glacial retreat.
The Taiga Shield is not the average plain surface you'd be walking on. The shield terrain is broadly rolling hills and multiple upper land areas and numerous long, sinuous eskers. Majority of the flat/lower areas are often waterlogged or wet for prolonged time periods. The overall landscape is dotted with countless amounts of lakes and wetlands which originally were created from the depressions which the glacial movement from the last ice age caused. For example, the Great Slave Lake, Lake Melville and Dubawnt Lake are just a couple of major bodies of water located within the shield. (Excluding the Atlantic Ocean which is not within the shield) The Taiga Shield has multiple bedrock outcrops along with few morainal deposits.