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Saskatchewan Landforms
Landforms
The landlocked province of Saskatchewan is covered by the the grasslands of the Great Plains and the forested Canadian Shield in the far-north.
The Great Plains slope east from the Canadian Rockies and extend to the edge of the Canadian Shield. The land is generally flat with large treeless areas and shallow river valleys.
The Canadian Shield itself is an ancient bedrock base of gneiss and granite covered by a shallow layer of soil. Large areas of coniferous forests and dozens of rivers and lakes spread across this mostly flat region.
The Lake Athabasca Sand Dunes, the largest active sand dunes in the world north of 58°, front the southern shore of Lake Athabasca. In addition, the Great Sand Hills in the Chinook region of Saskatchewan are constantly moving, and they cover an area of nearly 300 square km (120 sq mi).
The Cypress Hills, located in the far-southwest (on the Alberta border) constitute the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and Canada's Maritime provinces, as well as Saskatchewan's highest point. The maximum elevation here is 1,468 m (4,816 ft)
Principal rivers of the province include the Beaver, Churchill and the South and North Saskatchewan.
Lake Athabasca, stretching across Alberta and Saskatchewan is the eighth largest in all of Canada. Other lakes of note include Cree, Reindeer and Wallaston.
Landforms of Canada here!
Landforms of North America here!
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Saskatchewan Land Statistics Land Area
(land) 591,670 sq km
(water) 59,366 sq km
(TOTAL) 651,036 sq km (7th)
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq miles, multiply kilometers by: 0.386102 Land Area (all provinces/territories)
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Horizontal Width (example) 553 km (344 miles) from Lloydminster, straight east to the Manitoba border
Vertical Length (example) the western border with Alberta is 1212 km (753 miles)
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering Country (1) USA
Bordering Provinces (2) Alberta, Manitoba
Bordering Territory (1) Northwest Territories
U.S. Border 626 km (389 mi)
Geographic Center 17 km east of Lake Churchill
 Highest Point Cypress Hills, 1,468 m (4,816 ft.)
 Lowest Point Lake Athabasca, 213 m (700 ft.)
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