Matching Articles"Environment" (Total 12)

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  • Avalanches
    Avalanches involve the rapid downslope movement of snow or ice, with or without sediment and rock.
  • Cold Ocean: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
    One very important feature of Newfoundland and Labrador is that the geological boundary of North America lies offshore at the edge of the continental shelf.
  • Ecoregions of Labrador
    An interactive map showing the twelve ecoregions of Labrador
  • Ecoregions of Newfoundland
    A look at the the three ecozones of the island of Newfoundland: Southern Boreal, Middle Boreal and Northern Boreal.
  • Ecozones of Newfoundland and Labrador
    Newfoundland and Labrador can be divided into three ecozones: Artic Cordillera, Tiaga Shield, and Boreal Shield.
  • Extreme Climate Impacts
    Impacts of climate extremes such as prolonged ice accretion, abnormally cool, wet summers or snow deficient winters, heavy rainfall, etc.
  • Flood Risk Zones
    Flood risk zone maps have been prepared for sixteen communities in the province most prone to flooding.
  • Coastal Flooding
    Coastal Flooding--Natural Environment--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
  • Other Geological Events
    How sinkholes and other geological events impacet Newfoundland and Labrador's environment.
  • Ancient Uses of Ramah Chert
    Precontact cultures utilized stone for tool making. They appear to have preferred chert, a fine-grained stone composed mainly of silica.
  • Landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador
    The landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador has had a remarkable geological history, formed over many millions of years
  • Landslides
    Landslides are the downslope movement of unconsolidated material under the influence of gravity.

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