The Cypress Hills are a region of hills in southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta, Canada. The highest point in Saskatchewan at 1,468 metres (4,816') is located at an unnamed point in the Cypress Hills. They get their name from the presence of Jack pine (Pinus banksiana), traditionally but incorrectly called cyprès in Canadian French. Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th)  - Land 591,670 km²  - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... Binomial name Pinus banksiana Lamb. ... French is one of Canadas two official languages; the other is English and is the language of the majority (see Canadian English). ...

The hills are not true mountains, but are rather the remnants of erosion of a Tertiary plateau of sediment formed during the initial uplift of the Rocky Mountains. This uplift caused the plain above which the hills now rise to be elevated, with the result that rivers flowing to the north and south eroded most of the softer sediments onto the lower part of the Great Plains. Today, the Cypress Hills form a major drainage divide separating rivers draining to the Gulf of Mexico (via the Missouri River) from those draining to Hudson Bay and James Bay via the Nelson River. Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... The Tertiary period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, from the end of the Cretaceous period about 64 million years ago to the start of the Quaternary period about 1. ... For alternate uses of the term, see Plateau (disambiguation). ... Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. ... Rocky Mountain National Park (photo courtesy of NPS) The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ... For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... The Great Plains states. ... Drainage is the natural or artifical removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area. ... The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. ... The Missouri River and its tributaries N.P. Dodge Park, Omaha, Nebraska High silt content makes the Missouri (left) noticably lighter than the Mississipi here at their confluence above St. ... Hudson Bay is a large body of water in northeastern Canada. ... James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. ... The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ...

Because they formed a suture zone between the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets, the Cypress Hills are the northernmost point in North America that remained south of the continental ice sheets during the Wisconsin glaciation. In fact, along with northern Yukon Territory, Banks Island, some nunataks (eg on the Gaspé Peninsula and western Newfoundland) and possibly the Brooks Peninsula the hills and their southern slopes are the only unglaciated land in present-day Canada. This gives them an appearance very different from the typical "alpine" mountains of most of Canada, with a flat top and steep sides. This suggests that during the very severe Kansan Glaciation the hills would have become a true nunatak, like the serpentine hills of Newfoundland. The Laurentide ice sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered hundreds of thousands of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States, between ~ 90,000 and ~ 18,000 years before the present day. ... The Cordilleran ice sheet was a major ice sheet that covered, during glacial periods of the Quaternary, a large area of North America. ... An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 square kilometers (12 million acres). ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ... The Wisconsin (in North America), Weichsel (in Scandinavia), Devensian (in the British Isles) or Würm glaciation (in the Alps) is the most recent period of the Ice Age, and ended some 10,000 Before Present (BP). ... Motto: none Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Jack Cable Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Area 482,443 km² (9th)  - Land 474,391 km²  - Water 8,052 km² (1. ... Banks Island, Northwest Territories. ... A nunatak is a mountain top that never has been covered by land ice (glaciation, ice age) or glaciers. ... The Gaspé Peninsula or just the Gaspé (la Gaspésie in French) is a North American peninsula on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec. ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... The Kansan Glaciation (known in UK as the Anglian Glaciation and sometimes referred to as the Illinoian Glaciation, Elster glaciation in northern Europe and the Mindel glaciation in the Alps) was a very severe glacial period in the Pleistocene. ... Serpentine Serpentine is a group of common rock-forming hydrous magnesium iron phyllosilicate ((Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4) minerals. ...

The hills, because of the higher precipitation they receive, support extensive forest and also some rare fescue grassland. Most of the flora is shared with the mountains in states such as Montana and Wyoming rather than with the rest of Canada. Forest - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... An Inner Mongolia Grassland. ... State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th)  - Land 377,295 km²  - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000)  - Population 926,865 (44th)  - Density 2. ... State nickname: Equality State Other U.S. States Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Governor Dave Freudenthal Official languages English Area 253,554 km² (10th)  - Land 251,706 km²  - Water 1,851 km² (0. ...

The Alberta portion of the Cypress Hills contains the popular tourist destination of Elkwater. Elkwater is the name of the lake and the local townsite/campgrounds. The townsite is mainly made up of summer cabins. Elkwater is located about 40 km south of Medicine Hat. Elkwater is a lake located at the western edge of the Cypress Hills. ... Medicine Hat is a city of about 60,000 people located in the south-eastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada on the Trans-Canada Highway Number 1 and on the South Saskatchewan River. ...

See also

• List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories

This is a list of the highest points of the Canadian provinces and territories, by height. ...

External links

• Cypress Hills Interprovincial park (http://www.se.gov.sk.ca/saskparks/docs/documents/CypressHills__200432135718.pdf)