Ostrobothnian Plain

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The Ostrobothnian Plain or Pohjanmaa is a large lowland in Finland along the Bothnian Sea being arguably the largest plain in the Nordic countries. [1] The plain is made up smaller individual sand and clay plains alternated with rivers and peat bogs. [2] It extends as a 100 km wide and 257 km long belt along the northwestern coast of Finland. [1] [2] The plain is extremely flat with height differences never exceeding 50 m. [1]

Geologically the plain is a continuation of the Sub-Cambrian peneplain found across much of Fennoscandia. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rudberg, Sten (1960). "Geology and Morphology". In Somme, Axel (ed.). Geography of Norden. pp. 27–40.
  2. 1 2 "Pohjanmaa – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Behrens, Sven; Lundqvist, Thomas. "Finland: Terrängformer och berggrund". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Cydonia Development. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

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