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

Saint Elias Mountains
- Fairweather Range
- Duke Depression
- Alsek Ranges
- Icefield Ranges
Insular Mountains
- Queen Charlotte Mountains
  - Skidegate Plateau
  - Queen Charlotte Ranges
- Vancouver Island Mountains
  - Vancouver Island Ranges
  - Alberni Basin
  - Estevan Lowland (aka Estevan Strandflat)

Coastal Trough

Hecate Depression
- Queen Charlotte Lowland
  - Argonaut Plain
- Nahwitti Lowland
  - Suquash Basin
- Hecate Lowland
  - Milbanke Strandflat
Georgia Depression
- Georgia Lowland
  - Fraser Lowland
- Nanaimo Lowland

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
  - Chilcotin Ranges
Cascade Mountains
- Coquihalla Range
- Skagit Range
- Hozameen Range
- Okanagan Range

Interior System

Northern Plateau and Mountain Area

Central Plateau and Mountain Area (Interior Mountains)

Stikine Plateau
Skeena Mountains
- Kippan Range
- Tatlatui Range
- Eaglenest Range
- Sicintine Range
- Slamgeesh Range
Nass Basin (Nass Depression)
Hazelton Mountains
Cassiar Mountains
Omineca Mountains

Rocky Mountain Trench

Southern Plateau and Mountain Area

Interior Plateau
- Fraser Basin
  - Nechako Plain
- Nechako Plateau
  - McGregor Plateau
- Fraser Plateau
  - Cariboo Plateau
  - Chilcotin Plateau
- Thompson Plateau
- Quesnel Highland
- Shuswap Highland
- Okanagan Highland
Columbia Mountains

Eastern System

Mackenzie Mountain Area

Liard Plateau

Rocky Mountain Area

Rocky Mountains
- Border Ranges
  - Galton Range
  - MacDonald Range
  - Clarke Range
- Continental Ranges
- Hart Ranges
  - Misinchinka Ranges
- Muskwa Ranges
  - Rabbit Platuea
Rocky Mountain Foothills

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