Southern central Canada contains broad agricultural plains, while much of the Canadian Shield is a mixture of exposed rock, forest, and lakes. The Rockies form a western mountain belt. A view of the Arctic islands looks very different from either the southern prairie or the forested east.
Prairies, lakes, and the Canadian Shield
Compare the prairie landscape west of Lake Winnipeg with the lake-rich Shield to its east. Keep a wider map open to follow where the terrain changes.
Similar landscapes across borders
The US northern plains continue into the Canadian Prairies, and boreal forest occurs across Alaska and Russia too. Fields and conifers can narrow a landscape type without identifying which side of a border you are viewing.