The Rasmussen Lowlands is a 3,000 km2 coastal plain complex of wetlands in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada.
[3] The poorly drained area consists of flat lowlands overlain by marine silts and sand, with numerous tundra ponds throughout.
[4] Shorebirds numbering up to 500,000 individuals [4] nest in the ponds and surrounding areas.
The vulnerable peregrine falcon nests in the adjacent escarpment, with nearly 6% (80 pairs) of the national population observed here in 1995.
[3] This Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut location article is a stub.