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RIVIERE ASSOMPTION [1 record]

Record 1 1985-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

Fossiliferous clays were deposited in (...) deeper sections [of the St. Laurence Lowland], and rivers such as the Assomption and St. Maurice (...) constructed enormous sand deltas around its margins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Des argiles fossilifères furent mises en place dans les dépressions les plus profondes [des basses terres du Saint-Laurent], et des rivières comme l'Assomption et le Saint-Maurice (...) construisirent d'énormes deltas sableux dans les régions des contreforts.

Spanish

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