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Slaymaker, Olav, Catto, Norm (Eds.) Landscapes and Landforms of Eastern Canada

Serves as a complementary book to Landforms and Landscapes of Canada (west) Includes numerous illustrations presenting the landscapes and geomorphology of eastern Canada Provides and informative and attractive overview of the scenic landscapes of eastern Canada This critical book focuses on the geomorphological landscapes of eastern Canada and provides Springer a companion volume to “Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada” (2017). There are a number of unique characteristics of eastern Canada’s landscapes, notably its magnificent 1st ed. 2020, XVI, 596 p. 1st coastlines, the extraordinary variety and extent of wetlands, the huge Great Lakes-St. Lawrence 411 illus., 387 illus. in color. edition basin, the high incidence of meteorite craters, the spectacular Niagara Falls, urban karst in Montreal and Ottawa, youthful, glaciated karst in Ontario, Newfoundland, Quebec and Nova Scotia, the ubiquitous permafrost terrain of Nunavut, Labrador and northern Quebec and the Printed book magnificent arctic fjords and glaciers. Looking at coastlines, the tidal extremes of the Bay of Hardcover Fundy are world renowned; the structural complexity of the island of Newfoundland is less well known, but produces an astounding variety of coastlines in close succession; the arctic Printed book fjordlands of Baffin and Ellesmere islands and the extravagant raised beaches of Hudson Bay Hardcover bear comparison with the classic fjords of Norway and the Baltic Sea raised beaches. As for ISBN 978-3-030-35135-9 wetlands, there are distinctive Arctic, Subarctic, Boreal, Eastern Temperate and Atlantic $ 199,99 wetlands, and their extent is second only to those of Russia. In the Hudson and James Bay Available regions, between 75-100% of the terrestrial surface is comprised of wetlands. One of North America’s largest river basins, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin, has its source in Minnesota, Discount group straddles the USA-Canada border and debouches into Quebec as the St. Lawrence River and Professional Books (2) evolves through its estuary into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a journey of almost 5,000 km. As far Product category as meteorite craters are concerned, 10% of the world’s total are located in eastern Canada, Monograph including some of the largest and most complex landforms. They are preserved preferentially Series in the ancient Shield terrain of Quebec. World Geomorphological Landscapes Other renditions Order online at springer.com/booksellers Softcover Springer Nature Customer Service Center LLC ISBN 978-3-030-35136-6 233 Spring Street New York, NY 10013 USA T: +1-800-SPRINGER NATURE (777-4643) or 212-460-1500 [email protected]

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