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Atlantic Interior is dominated by a glacial landscape of exposed granitic rock, thick forest, drumlins and numerous lakes. The Sissiboo Lowlands comprise many river valleys and lowland inland areas in the southwest and central portion of the peninsula. The South Mountain is a steadily rising
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The large peninsula that is today the mainland portion of the province of Nova Scotia was referred to as the
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The peninsula can be divided into two distinct geological regions north and south of a fault line (the
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Carboniferous Lowlands, the southern portion of the peninsula is dominated by the Atlantic Interior (Sissiboo Lowlands,
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