This article is about the Long Point located on the north shore of Lake Erie. For other places named Long Point, see Long Point (disambiguation). Long Point may refer to: in Canada, Long Point is a World Biosphere Reserve located on Lake Erie in Ontario there are several other Long Points in Ontario. ...

Long Point is a very nice spit of land located on the north shore of Lake Erie, located in in Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is about 40 km long and averages 3 km in width. In geography, a spit is a deposition landform found off coasts. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the worlds largest such lakes. ... Norfolk (pronounced nor-foke) is a county on Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...

The region is an important location for bird migration in both spring and autumn, including half of the eastern North American Tundra Swan population. It is an outstanding example of sand dune and sand spit formation in the Great Lakes region. In 1982, Long Point National Wildlife Area was recognized as a wetland of international significance under the Ramsar Convention. // Long-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere. ... Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Spring, 1573. ... Autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, England. ... Binomial name Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) The Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small Northern Hemisphere swan. ... This article is about the sand formations, for other meanings see Dune (disambiguation) Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by eolian (wind-related) processes. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ...

It was designated as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. A Biosphere Reserve is an international conservation designation for reserves designated by UNESCO under the MaB (Man and the Biosphere) Programme. ...

Long Point Provincial Park is located on Long Point.

Long Point Peninsula with bright sediment plumes. Source: NASA Image File history File links Long Point - Lake Erie Ontario from NASA Source: Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA-Johnson Space Center Description: Canada: Long Point Peninsula with bright sediment plumes, Lake Erie shore, Ontario (2001/04/26 17:36:12) URL: http://earth. ...

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