Oak Ridges Moraine

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ecologically significant area geological landform moraine

Oak Ridges Moraine is a significant geological landform in south-central Ontario, Canada, known for its rolling hills, forests, and vital role as a groundwater recharge area that feeds numerous rivers and ecosystems.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Oak Ridges Moraine canonical	12
Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001	1
Oak Ridges Moraine region	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecologically significant area ⓘ geological landform ⓘ moraine ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
ecologicalRole	maintains regional biodiversity ⓘ provides wildlife habitat ⓘ supports diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems ⓘ
extendsFrom	Niagara Escarpment ⓘ
extendsTo	Trent River area ⓘ
feedsRiverSystem	Don River ⓘ Gananoque River ⓘ Humber River ⓘ Rouge River ⓘ Severn River ⓘ Trent River ⓘ
formedBy	glacial processes ⓘ retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet ⓘ
geologicalComposition	gravel ⓘ sand ⓘ silt ⓘ till ⓘ
geologicalPeriodOfFormation	Pleistocene epoch ⓘ surface form: Pleistocene
governingBody	Government of Ontario ⓘ
hasDesignation	significant groundwater recharge area ⓘ significant natural heritage system ⓘ
hasLandCover	farmland ⓘ forests ⓘ lakes ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasLandform	rolling hills ⓘ
highestPointElevation	approximately 435 metres above sea level ⓘ
hydrologicalFunction	groundwater recharge area ⓘ headwaters area for rivers ⓘ
landUse	agriculture ⓘ conservation areas ⓘ rural residential ⓘ
length	approximately 160 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southern Ontario ⓘ surface form: south-central Ontario
nearbyUrbanArea	Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence drainage basin
protectedBy	Oak Ridges Moraine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan ⓘ
recreationActivity	hiking ⓘ nature observation ⓘ
threatenedBy	aggregate extraction ⓘ infrastructure expansion ⓘ urban development ⓘ
width	approximately 13 kilometres on average ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Humber River → sourceLocation → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

York Region, Ontario → hasFeature → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Richmond Hill, Ontario → locatedOn → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Don River → sourceLocation → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

King → containsFeature → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Caledon → locatedOn → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Oak Ridges Moraine → protectedBy → Oak Ridges Moraine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001

Greenbelt (Ontario) → contains → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Township of King → hasFeature → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Uxbridge → hasProtectedAreaNearby → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Uxbridge → locatedOn → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

King, Ontario → containsFeature → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Aurora, Ontario → locatedOn → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

Rouge River → sourceLocatedIn → Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oak Ridges Moraine region