The Monteregian mountain chain is a chain of mountains in Montreal and the Montérégie, between the Laurentians and the Appalachians. City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... Map (2001) of the Regional County Municipalities making up Montérégie Montérégie is an administrative region in the southwestern corner of Quebec. ... The Laurentian mountains (French: Laurentides) are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. ... The Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec. ...

They are named for Mount Royal (Latin, Mons Regius), their best-known (but not tallest) member. Other mountains in the chain include Mont Saint-Bruno, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Mont Saint-Grégoire, Mont Rougemont, Mont Yamaska, Mont Shefford, Mont Orford, and Mont Brome. Some geologists believe that Mont Mégantic is also a member of this group. Alternate uses: Mount Royal (disambiguation) Mount Royal (French: mont Royal) is a mountain on the Island of Montreal, immediately north of downtown Montréal, Québec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name. ... Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Mont Saint-Bruno is part of the Monteregian mountain chain in southern Quebec, Canada. ... Mont Saint-Hilaire (en. ... Mont Saint-Grégoire (size: 396 mt. ... Mont Rougemont is part of the Monteregian mountain chain in southern Quebec. ... Mont Yamaska is part of the Monteregian mountain chain in southern Quebec. ...

Each mountain in the chain consists of igneous rock and associated hornfels, which are more resistant to weathering than the surrounding sedimentary rock. All of the mountains have dark-colored mafic rock such as gabbro and essexite; some also have large areas of pulaskite, syenite, and other light-colored rock. Igneous rocks are formed when molten rock (magma) cools and solidifies, with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks. ... Our earth is composed of three main types of rock, each having been formed in its own special way. ... Hornfels (German, meaning hornstone) is the group designation for a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive granitic masses and have been rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable. ... Weathering is the process of decomposition and/or disintegration of rocks and their minerals in situ, that is, in place. ... Two types of sedimentary rock: limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... In geology, mafic minerals are silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks that have relatively high concentrations of the heavier elements. ... Gabbro Gabbro is a dark, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock that is chemichly equivalent to basalt. ... Essexite is a dark gray or black igneous rock. ... Syenite Syenite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock of the same general composition as granite but with the quartz either absent or present in relatively small amounts. ...

The shallow, rocky soils of the summits are mostly covered in forest. Lower slopes are covered with aprons of gravel or sand (which often has a subsoil hardpan). The free-draining gravels are preferred for apple orchards, which grow in thermal belts where cold air can drain to the valley floor. A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded area set aside for hunting). ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ...