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Geoscape Ottawa-Gatineau
We live in the Ottawa valley, a lowland traversed by the Ottawa
River and its tributaries, and bordered by the rugged terrain of the
Canadian Shield. Over geological time, this area has experienced
mountain building and erosion, tropical and temperate seas, thick
ice sheets, and erosion by rivers. The greater Ottawa-Gatineau area
is underlain by soil, sediment, and rock that have been, and still
are being, shaped by earth processes, yielding a geological landscape,
or geoscape. Understanding how our geoscape works is essential to the
wise use of the land.
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