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OAK RIDGES MORAINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
OBS

As part of the Greenbelt, the Oak Ridges Moraine is an environmentally sensitive, geological landform in south-central Ontario that stretches 160 kilometres from the Trent River in the east to the Niagara Escarpment in the west, covering approximately 470,000 acres.

OBS

A landform in Ontario that has officially approved names in both English and French.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

La moraine d'Oak Ridges [...] est un des reliefs de l'Ontario. Cette crête irrégulière de 160 kilomètres s'étend de l'est vers l'ouest, de la rivière Trent à l'escarpement du Niagara. Parallèle à la rive nord du lac Ontario, la moraine sépare les bassins hydrographiques qui alimentent le lac Ontario à l'ouest et la baie Georgienne, le lac Simcoe et la rivière Trent au nord.

OBS

Forme de relief en Ontario dont le nom anglais et le nom français sont approuvés officiellement.

Spanish

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