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=== Canadian dividing === Although Quebec has a physical Atlantic coast on the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Friesinger |first1=S. |last2=Bernatchez |first2=P. |date=2010 |title=Perceptions of Gulf of St. Lawrence coastal communities confronting environmental change: Hazards and adaptation, Québec, Canada |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0964569110001420 |journal=Ocean & Coastal Management |language=en |volume=53 |issue=11 |pages=669–678 |doi=10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.09.001|bibcode=2010OCM....53..669F }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lajeunesse |first1=P. |last2=Dietrich |first2=P. |last3=Ghienne |first3=J.-F. |date=2019-04-08 |title=Late Wisconsinan grounding zones of the Laurentide Ice Sheet margin off the Québec North Shore (NW Gulf of St Lawrence) |url=https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/SP475.10 |journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |language=en |volume=475 |issue=1 |pages=241–259 |doi=10.1144/SP475.10 |bibcode=2019GSLSP.475..241L |issn=0305-8719}}</ref> it is generally not considered an Atlantic Province;<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ullman |first=Stephen |date=1984 |title=The Politics of the Province of Québec: The View from Atlantic Canada |url=http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/qs.2.1.36 |journal=Quebec Studies |language=en |volume=2 |pages=36–54 |doi=10.3828/qs.2.1.36 |issn=0737-3759}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Milne |first=David |date=2002 |title=Consequences of Quebec Independence on Atlantic Provinces |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/unblj51&div=21&id=&page= |journal=University of New Brunswick Law Journal |volume=51 |pages=289}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1372132974 |title=Fiscal federalism in Canada: analysis, evaluation, and prescription |date=2023 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4875-5124-7 |editor-last=Lecours |editor-first=André |location=Toronto ; Buffalo |oclc=on1372132974 |editor-last2=Béland |editor-first2=Daniel |editor-last3=Tombe |editor-first3=Trevor |editor-last4=Champagne |editor-first4=Eric}}</ref> instead, it is classified as part of [[Central Canada]], along with [[Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Albinski |first=Henry S. |date=1974-04-01 |title=Quebec and Canadian Unity |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory/article/66/392/155/122012/Quebec-and-Canadian-Unity |journal=Current History |language=en |volume=66 |issue=392 |pages=155–160 |doi=10.1525/curh.1974.66.392.155 |issn=0011-3530}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yeates |first=Maurice |date=1985 |title=The Core/Periphery Model and Urban Development in Central Canada |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2747/0272-3638.6.2.101 |journal=Urban Geography |language=en |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=101–121 |doi=10.2747/0272-3638.6.2.101 |issn=0272-3638}}</ref> Atlantic and Central Canada together are also known as [[Eastern Canada]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Poulin |first1=Monique |last2=Rochefort |first2=Line |last3=Pellerin |first3=Stéphanie |last4=Thibault |first4=Jacques |date=2004-10-01 |title=Threats and protection for peatlands in Eastern Canada |journal=Géocarrefour |volume=79 |issue=4 |pages=331–344 |doi=10.4000/geocarrefour.875 |issn=1627-4873|doi-access=free }}</ref> Atlantic Canada includes a section of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] known as the [[Appalachian Uplands]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Social Studies {{!}} Regions of Canada {{!}} Atlantic Region |url=http://gradefive.mrpolsky.com/regionsofcanada/atlantic-region.html |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=gradefive.mrpolsky.com |language=en-AU}}</ref> In each Atlantic province, Upland regions have been divided into three highland areas. The mountain range results in coastal regions being [[fjord]]ed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shaw |first=J. |date=2016 |title=Fjord-mouth submarine moraines, SW Newfoundland |url=https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/M46.65 |journal=Geological Society, London, Memoirs |language=en |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=79–80 |doi=10.1144/M46.65 |issn=0435-4052}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Copeland |first1=Alison |title=19 - Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats of a Sub-Arctic Fjord: Gilbert Bay, Southern Labrador, Canada |date=2012-01-01 |work=Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat |pages=309–327 |editor-last=Harris |editor-first=Peter T. |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780123851406000190 |access-date=2024-10-05 |place=London |publisher=Elsevier |doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-385140-6.00019-0 |isbn=978-0-12-385140-6 |last2=Edinger |first2=Evan |last3=Bell |first3=Trevor |last4=LeBlanc |first4=Philippe |last5=Wroblewski |first5=Joseph |last6=Devillers |first6=Rodolphe |editor2-last=Baker |editor2-first=Elaine K.}}</ref> Some areas contain [[glaciofluvial deposits]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Grant |first=Douglas.R. |title=Quaternary Geology of the Atlantic Appalachian Region of Canada |date=1989 |work=Quaternary Geology of Canada and Greenland |pages=391–440 |editor-last=Fulton |editor-first=R.J. |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/853/chapter/4856733/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |place=North America |publisher=Geological Society of America |language=en |doi=10.1130/dnag-gna-k1.391 |isbn=978-0-660-13114-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Syvitski |first1=James P. M. |last2=Lee |first2=Hee J. |date=1997-11-01 |title=Postglacial sequence stratigraphy of Lake Melville, Labrador |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002532279700090X |journal=Marine Geology |series=COLDSEIS (seismic facies of glacigenic deposits) |volume=143 |issue=1 |pages=55–79 |doi=10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00090-X |bibcode=1997MGeol.143...55S |issn=0025-3227}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Foisy |first1=Marc |last2=Prichonnet |first2=Gilbert |date=1991-10-01 |title=A reconstruction of glacial events in southeastern New Brunswick |url=http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/e91-143 |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |language=en |volume=28 |issue=10 |pages=1594–1612 |doi=10.1139/e91-143 |bibcode=1991CaJES..28.1594F |issn=0008-4077}}</ref>
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