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Nova Scotia Landforms
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The hills and low mountains ranges of Nova Scotia are all located within the Appalachian Mountains, a chain of eroded mountains that extend about 1,500 miles in length, from central Alabama in the U.S., through Canada's maritime provinces.
The province's rugged coastline is indented by hundreds of bays, coves and small inlets. Wide sandy beaches are plentiful, and they're often fronted by salt water marshes.
The Bay of Fundy fronting Nova Scotia's west central coastline is world-famous for its high tidal range and the bay is claimed to have the highest vertical tidal range in the world. In fact, over 110 billion tons of water flow in and out of the bay during a twelve hour tidal period. Want proof?
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Separated from the Nova Scotia mainland by the Strait of Canso, Cape Breton Island is Canada's 18th largest island. It is dominated by the Cape Breton Highlands in the north, and by Bras d'Or, one of the planet's largest salt water lakes.
Cape Breton Island's rocky shoreline is deeply indented along its eastern coastline, and in the far northern highlands stands White Hill, the province's highest point at 532 m (1,745 ft).
The Margaree and Mira are the largest rivers on the island, and countless smaller rivers and streams drain into the Bras d'Or Lake, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic Ocean. Its largest freshwater lake is Lake Ainslie.
Sable Island, part of the Halifax Municipality, is a crescent-shaped sandbar about 160 km from the mainland. Covered by grass, it is often referred to as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, as numerous ships have met their fate here.
Mainland Nova Scotia is dotted with hundreds of small, freshwater lakes; the largest of which is Lake Rossignol. Rivers of note include the Avon, Clyde, Jordon, Liscomb, Mersey, Philip, Roseway, Sable, Salmon, St. Marys and Tusket.
Landforms of Canada here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
Nova Scotia Land Statistics Land Area
(land) 53,338 sq km
(water) 1,946 sq km
(TOTAL) 55,284 sq km (12th)
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq miles, multiply kilometers by: 0.386102 Land Area (all provinces)
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Horizontal Width (example) 505 km (314 miles) from Yarmouth, northeast to Sydney
Vertical Length (example) from Amherst, southeast to Halifax 137 km (85 miles)
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering Provinces (1) New Brunswick
Geographic Center 15 km east of Shubenacadie
 Highest Point White Hill, 532 m (1,745 ft.)
 Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
Latitude and Longitude here!
Relative Location here!
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