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Geography of Canada |
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Location:
Northern North
America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and North pacific
Ocean, north of the conterminous US
Geographic
Coordinates:
60 00 N, 95 00W
Map References:
North America
Area:
Comparative:
Slightly Larger than US
Land
Boundaries:
Total: 8,893 km
Border Countries:
US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
Continental
Shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental
margin Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm.
Climate:
varies from
temperature in south to subarctic and arctic in north
Terrain mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast.
Elevation Extremes:
Lowest Point:
Atlantic Ocean 0m
Highest Point:
Mount Logan 5,950 m
Natural Resources:
nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead,
molybdenum,
potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural
gas.
Coastline:
243,791 km
Maritime
Claims:
Land
Use:
Arable Land: 5%
Permanent Crops: 0%
Permanent Pastures: 3%
Forests & Woodland: 54%
Other: 38% (1993 est.)
Irrigated Land: 7,100 sq. km (1993 est.)
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Natural
Hazards: Continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to
development, cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a
result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and
North American Interior, and produce most of the country's rain
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Environment -
International Agreements:
Party To: Air Pollution - Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution -
Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate
Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test
Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
Signed, But not
Ratified: Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic
Environmental Protocol, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Law of
the Sea, Marine Life Conservation
Note: Second-largest
country in world (after Russia), strategic location between
Russia and US via north polar route, nearly 90% of the
population is concentrated within 160 km of the US/Canada
border.
In case you need more informations about Canada, you are
encourge to visit canada's official site at
http://www.canada.com/ |
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