List of physiogeographic regions of British Columbia
The following list comprises the physiogeographic regions of the Canadian province 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]
Western Cordillera (Canadian Cordillera)
Western System
Outer Mountain Area
Coastal Trough
Coast Mountain Area
- Coast Mountains
- Boundary 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.
- Pacific Ranges
- Cascade Mountains
Interior System
Northern Plateau and Mountain Area
Central Plateau and Mountain Area (Interior Mountains)
- Stikine Plateau
- Skeena Mountains
- Nass Basin (Nass Depression)
- Hazelton Mountains
- Cassiar Mountains
- Omineca Mountains
Southern Plateau and Mountain Area
Eastern 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