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The
The
Neighbourhood
Neighbourhood
The region is on top of solid rock,
known as bedrock, but it is covered
with sediments. The inland parts of
he Hudson Bay Lowland the region look corrugated in places.
Tregion is a plain. It rises Recent deposits have covered parts
slowly from sea level. The of the original sediments.
average land height is only Between the inland deposits and
120 metres. Much of the plain the coastal areas are dry, low
is soggy and sodden. Large, ridges covered by forests. They are
slow-moving rivers travel separated by boggy valleys. Long
through the region. They drain gravel beach ridges can also be
into Hudson Bay. found. These were left behind about
5,000 years ago when Hudson Bay
became smaller.
Many areas in the Hudson Bay
Lowlands are famous for their
polar bears.
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