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The Canadian Shield is made up of some of the planet's oldest rock, largely granite and gneiss. The shield is mostly thin soil lying on top of bedrock, with many bare outcrops and thousands of lakes. This was caused during the last ice age, when glaciers covered the area and scraped the rock clean as they moved.
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Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau (lôren'chun) [key], U-shaped region of ancient rock, the nucleus of North America, stretching N from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. ... Canadian Shield: meaning and definitions - Canadian Shield: Definition and Pronunciation...
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Nearly one quarter the length of this "tree line" is encompassed by the Northern Canadian Shield Taiga ecoregion. The ecoregion is a transition zone between the boreal forests and the tundra, supporting both woodland and barren-ground caribou.
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The Canadian Shield makes up nearly half of Canada's total area and is composed of Precambrian rocks - ancient, rounded rocks that form the nucleus of most of North America. ... ; Home: Canadian Shield...
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Alberta's Canadian Shield Region, Special Places 2000, Photography and Information on the ecological importance of Canadian Shield ... Canadian Shield Region: Alberta, Canada...
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Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau (lôren'chun) [key], U-shaped region of ancient rock, the nucleus of North America, stretching N from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. ... More on Canadian Shield from Fact Monster:
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Physical Maps of Canada plus ... Part of the Teaching & Learning About Canada Website ... 1. Physiographic Regions...
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The Canadian Shield region of Canada is a big region. It is the largest sub-region in the northern region of the country. It is 4.8-billon square km in area. It is located in northeast Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, southern N.W.T, Ontario (except for the peninsula), Quebec and Labrador.
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