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GEOGRAPHY OF CANADA
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
CANADIAN SHIELD
VOLCANOES
WESTERN CORDILLERA
CANADIAN ARCTIC
CANADIAN INTERIOR PLAINS
GREAT LAKES AND ST LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
HYDROGRAPHY
OCEANS
RIVERS
LITTORAL GEMORPHOLOGY
SHIP CANAL
ENVIRONEMENTS
3.1. CLIMATE
3.1.1. MEADOW
3.1.2. TUNDRA
3.1.3. FORESTS
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REPARTITION OF THE POPULATION
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THE SUPERFICY OF CANADA
1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Canadian shield
The northern parts of Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as most
of Labrador are located on a vast rock base
known as the Canadian Shield.
A boreal forest covers much of the shield, with a mix of conifers that
provide valuable timber ressources. The region is known for its
extensive mineral reserves. The shield also encloses an area of wetlands, the Hudson Bay
lowlands.
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Volcanoes
Western Canada has many
volcanoes and is part of the system
of volcanoes found around the
margins of the Pacific Ocean,
which is called the Pacific Ring of
Fire.
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Western Cordillera
The Canadian Cordillera, part of the American cordillera, stretches from the Rocky Mountains
in the east to the Pacific Ocean. The Canadian Rockies are part of a major continental divide
that extends north and south through western North America and western South America.
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Canadian Arctic
The largest part of the Canadian Arctic is composed of seemingly endless permanent ice
fields and tundra in the north.
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Canadian Interior Plains
The Canadian Prairies are part of a vast sedimentary plain covering much of Alberta,
southern Saskatchewan, and southwestern Manitoba, as well as much of the region between
the Rocky Mountains and the Great Slave and Great Bear lakes in Northwest Territories.
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Great Lakes and St Lawrence Lowlands
The southern parts of Quebec and Ontario, in the section of the Great Lakes (bordered entirely
by Ontario on the Canadian side) and St. Lawrence basin (often called St. Lawrence
Lowlands), is another particularly rich sedimentary plain.
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Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian mountain range extends from Alabama in the southern United States
through the Gaspé Peninsula and the Atlantic Provinces, creating rolling hills indented by
river valleys. It also runs through parts of southern Quebec.
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2. HYDROGRAPHY
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Oceans
The slogan of Canada " a mari usque ad mare " is suited. Three oceans surround Canada. The
Atlantic Ocean in the East, the Pacific Ocean on the West as well as the Artic Ocean in the
North. The country thus has a very big maritime facade.
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Rivers
Canada possesses several important rivers which areorientated western eastward:
Mackenzie river
Fraser river
Nelson river
Saint-Laurent river
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Littoral gemorphology
Baffin
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Hudson
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Gulf of st
laurent
The strait
of Georgie
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Ship canal
Un système de canaux et de voies maritimes permettent aux navires de circuler au
Canada. la Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent est un cours d'eau profond, long de 3700
km, qui permet aux navires en provenance de l'océan Atlantique d'atteindre la tête
des Grands Lacs de l'Amérique du Nord au Lac Supérieur. Mais selon la loi, elle ne
s'étend que de Montréal au Lac Érié, y compris le Canal Welland qui permet de
franchir les Chutes du Niagara.
3. ENVIRONEMENTS
3.1.
Climate
A part (party) of continental
Canada and the majority of
the Artic archipelago are
situated in the polar zone
The rest of the country is in the North of the moderate zone. So, the general climatic
conditions vary from extreme cold , characteristic of the arctic regions, to moderate
temperatures of the more Southern regions.
3.1.1. Meadow
Lands typically referred to as "prairie" tend to be in North America. The term
encompasses much of the area referred to as the Great Plains of the United States and Canada.
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3.1.2. Tundra
The Arctic tundra occupies the Northern parts of canada.
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3.1.3. Forests
The boreal forest occupies 72 % of the forest territory; approximately 15 % of
these forests are still virgin ( no ground access). In Canada, only 8 % of the boreal belt is
shielded from any exploitation (operation).
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4. REPARTITION OF THE POULATION
Canada is divided into thirteen provinces and territories. According to Statistics Canada,
72.0% of the population is concentrated within 150 kilometres (95 mi) of the nation's southern
border with the United States, 70.0% live south of the 49th parallel, and over 60% of the
population lives along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River between Windsor, Ontario and
Quebec City. This leaves the vast majority of Canada as a sparsely populated wilderness;
Canada's population density is 3.5 people/km² (9.1/mi²), among the lowest in the world.
Despite this, 79.7% of Canada's population resides in urban areas, where population densities
are increasing.
5. THE SUPERFICIE OF CANADA
The Canadian country is the second largest contry after Russia and before China and the United states
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