Its western shores form the Hudson Bay Lowlands. The region is drained by many rivers, which grow a characteristic vegetation called muskeg. Most of the landform was shaped by glaciers, and signs of several beachfronts can be seen from the shore. A huge part of the lowlands lies in the P...
Nunavutcomprisestwo distinct physiographic regions: theCanadian Shield, including the mainland and the islands around Hudson Bay, and theArctic Archipelagoin the north. The flat, often poorly drained lowlands of theCanadian Shieldare underlain with ancient rock more than 1 billion years old. Thousands...
Nunavutcomprisestwo distinct physiographic regions: theCanadian Shield, including the mainland and the islands around Hudson Bay, and theArctic Archipelagoin the north. The flat, often poorly drained lowlands of theCanadian Shieldare underlain with ancient rock more than 1 billion years old. Thousands...
Manitoba, province of Canada, one of the Prairie Provinces, lying midway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is bounded to the north by Nunavut territory, to the northeast by Hudson Bay, to the east by Ontario, to the south by the U.S. states of
Ontario, second largest province of Canada in area, after Quebec. It occupies the strip of the Canadian mainland lying between Hudson and James bays to the north and the St. Lawrence River–Great Lakes chain to the south. The most populous Canadian provi
The boundaries of Quebec were altered many times following the establishment ofNew Francein the early 17th century, when the French colonial empire inNorth Americaspread all the way to theGulf of Mexicoand west of theMississippi River. At that time James Bay, Hudson Bay, and theUngavaregion be...
as many as five generations may occur each year in the south and only one in the north. In summer the insects travel northward toHudson Bay. Individuals of the last generation of the year migrate southward in autumn to Florida, Texas, and California, where they hibernate after travelling near...
Bay and Labrador coasts. Comparable emergence is found on Svalbard, Greenland, the northern Urals, and on the Franz Josef Archipelago, where it reaches more than 1,500 feet. In many emerged lowlands, such as those south and west ofHudson Bay, the raised beaches are the mostconspicuous...
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Lowlands of the Hong Kong region, including floodplains, river valleys, and reclaimed land, occupy less than one-fifth of the land. Extensive lowland regions are found only north of Mount Tai Mo, in the Yuen Long and Sheung Shui plains. The urban area that spans the two sides of the har...