Landforms of British Columbia 1976 - Department of Geography
Landforms of British Columbia 1976 - Department of Geography
Landforms of British Columbia 1976 - Department of Geography
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ILLUSTRATIONS<br />
1. Landform map <strong>of</strong> <strong>British</strong> <strong>Columbia</strong> showing major physiographic subdivisions<br />
and centres <strong>of</strong> late Tertiary and Recent volcanism ------------------.... In pocket<br />
2. Areas <strong>of</strong> intrusive igneous rocks .-..-.-.-- ---- --------.----.-.---.------.-.---- - --------.---.-r- 16<br />
3. Areas <strong>of</strong> flat-lying or gently dipping sedimentary rocks ..-.--------,----- --------- ---- 17<br />
4. Areas <strong>of</strong> flat-lying or gently dipping lava flows---- ---.--.......-----.. - ---- ---------- ---- 18<br />
5. Areas <strong>of</strong> folded and faulted sedimentary rocks- -----..-..-.--------.-..------------------ 19<br />
6. Areas <strong>of</strong> folded and faulted sedimentary and volcanic rocks .---.-------- ----- ----- 20<br />
7. Areas <strong>of</strong> foliated metamorphic rocks..-------- -.-.-.-.......------------.-.-.--- -------- ----- 21<br />
8. Principal physiographic subdivisions <strong>of</strong> <strong>British</strong> <strong>Columbia</strong> .-..--...---- ---------- ---- 27<br />
9. Index map showing location and orientation <strong>of</strong> photographic illustrations.~~- 97<br />
10. Diagram showing directions <strong>of</strong> movement <strong>of</strong> glacial ice and location <strong>of</strong> post-<br />
Pleistocene pro-glacial lakes .------.-...------- -~---~--------- --.-. ----------- -------- -------------- 101<br />
11. Diagram showing the drainage basins within <strong>British</strong> <strong>Columbia</strong>------------------ 107<br />
12. Diagram showing location <strong>of</strong> major lineaments . . . -- .-.......---.. ----~-~~----~~-~~~---- 121<br />
TABLE<br />
1. Area, length, and stream-flow <strong>of</strong> the principal rivers <strong>of</strong> <strong>British</strong> <strong>Columbia</strong>- 106<br />
PLATES<br />
PLATE<br />
I. (1) * St. Elias Mountains, Fairweather Ranges. Looking southwest<br />
up Ferris Glacier to Mount Fairweather.-..-Following 97<br />
HA. (2) St. Elias Mountains. Looking westward down the Alsek<br />
River .----.. ------------- -----. ------------ -----...-.- -------------------Following 97<br />
11~. (3) Insular Mountains, Queen Charlotte Ranges. Looking<br />
southeastward toward the eastern margin <strong>of</strong> the Queen<br />
Charlotte Ranges .-.- --- ------- ---- --.----- -- ------------- Following 97<br />
11~. (4) Insular Mountains, Skidegate Plateau. Looking northwestward<br />
across the Skidegate Plateau.--------------Following 97<br />
111~. (5) Insular Mountains, Vancouver Island Ranges. Looking<br />
northeast up Tlupana Inlet toward Victoria Peak...m.m..-mm.W-<br />
----- -------...- ---.Following 97<br />
111~. (6) Insular Mountains, Alberni Basin. Looking westward<br />
across Alberni Basin toward Great Central Lake .-.--......-.-<br />
. ..-.-. -------.Following 97<br />
IV. (7) Insular Mountains, Estevan Coastal Plain. Looking southwest<br />
along the Estevan Coastal Plain toward Estevan<br />
Point------ ---------- ----- -.....-.----- -------------------.----~--------.Following 97<br />
VA. (8) Coastal Trough, Argonaut Plain. Looking southward over<br />
the Argonaut Plain at Tow Hill..---~~~~~~~-------~~~---.Following 97<br />
VB. (9) Coastal Trough, Nahwitti Lowland. Looking northwestward<br />
across the Nahwitti Lowland ..-.-.. ------- ..-.---- Following 97<br />
VIA. ( 10) Coastal Trough, Milbanke Strandflat. Looking northeastward<br />
across the Milbanke Strandflat on Swindle Island..-.<br />
..-....----..--.--. Following 97<br />
VIB. (11) Coastal Trough, Fraser Lowland. Looking southwest<br />
down the Fraser Lowland past the mouth <strong>of</strong> Harrison<br />
River------- .-.------ ------ -.-.-..-....------ ------------- ...---- --------Following 97<br />
VIIA. (12) Coastal Trough, Hecate Lowland. Looking southwest<br />
across the Hecate Lowland at the east end <strong>of</strong> Queen<br />
Charlotte Strait .---- ..-......-.------- ------------- ....--- -------.Following 97<br />
* This number locates the picture on Figure 9, page 97.<br />
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