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Laurentian
Laurentian Lau*ren"tian, a. Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills. Laurentian period (Geol.), the lower of the two divisions of the Arch[ae]an age; -- called also the Laurentian.

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- Laurentian (French: Laurentides or Laurentien) may refer to: Look up laurentian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Relation to Saint Lawrence North America...
- The Laurentian Mountains, also known as the Laurentians or Laurentides, are a mountain range in Canada. The range is 1,400 km (900 mi) long and ranges...
- The Laurentian Fan or Laurentian Abyss is an underwater depression off the eastern coast of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean. Not a trench, but more of an...
- shorthand for the Central Canadian establishment. Ibbitson described the Laurentians as "the political, academic, cultural, media and business elites" of...
- (French: Bouclier canadien [buklje kanadjɛ̃]), also called the Laurentian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian...
- The Laurentian Upland (or Laurentian Highlands) is a physiographic region which, when referred to as the "Laurentian Region" or the Grenville geological...
- Laurentian University (French: Université Laurentienne), officially Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized bilingual public university in Greater...
- The Laurentide ice sheet (LIS) was a m****ive sheet of ice that covered millions of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the Northern...
- cannot be considered conclusive, and the Laurentians may have spoken several distinct languages. A few Laurentian words are still in use today as toponyms:...
- Laurentian Hills is a muni****lity in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County. It surrounds (by land) Deep River on the Ontario...