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Noun: Canadian Shield
  1. A large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean
    - Laurentian Plateau, Laurentian Highlands

Type of: plateau, tableland

Part of: Canada, Great White North [N. Amer]

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