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geography of Canada
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Canadian Shield | one of the world's largest geologic continental shields, centered on Hudson Bay and extending for 8 million square km or 3 million miles it covers most of central,north eastern and eastern Canada |
| Arctic Ocean | an area of 5,427,000 square miles. ... Fast ice is the ice that forms during the winter it also has a large variety of animal life in this ocean. |
| Hudson Bay | This is the main body of water that the Canadian shield surrounds it is a body of saltwater with a size of 474,900 miles. |
| the great lakes | This includes Lake Erie, Lake superior , lake Hudson , lake Ontario , and lake Michigan These lakes are shared between Canada and the U.S. they are large freshwater and a main source of freshwater for Canada. |
| Atlantic Ocean | This is a large body of water to the east of Canada having this makes trading a lot more efficient to trade with countries in Europe,Asia,Africa and Australia. |
| St. Lawrence Strait | This is a main shipping port for Canada due to its connection to the Atlantic ocean making it easy to ship out items to other countries. |
| Pacific Ocean | This is the ocean to the west of Canada it is also needed for trade with other countries in south or north america. |
| Rocky mountains | This is a mountain range in western Canada reaching from British Columbia to new mexico in the U.S. |
| Alberta | This province is 660,000 kilometers in area and it also shares the largest beaver dam with Saskatchewan . |
| British Columbia | This provinces is known for many things one being its mountains and it is located in the westernmost of Canada |
| Manitoba | The population is over 1 million and the area is over 250,000 miles with many rivers lakes and mountains |
| New Brunswick | This is a province with a continental climate with a population of 761,000 with many forests rivers and mountains very close to Nova Scotia |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | It used to be independent but than later in 1949 joined Canada to be ------------and Labrador |
| Nova Scotia | This is an area almost completely surrounded by water it is in southeast Canada very close to Brunswick |
| Ontario | The second largest provinces in Canada 415,000 miles in area with most of this mass covered in lakes |
| Quebec | This provinces is the biggest in Canada it is 644,000 miles in area and it has a population of 8 million it is also bordering the St. Lawrence strait |
| Saskatchewan | It is most known for its cold winters and natural resources such as grain farming |
| Prince Edward island | This island is completely surrounded by water very close to nova Scotia and new Brunswick |
| Yukon Territory | This territory has an arctic climate and it can drop below 30 Celsius it is located in the most northwestern Canada |
| Northwest Territory | This territory is in northwest Canada next to Yukon territory and it has a warmer climate than the other territories next to it . |
| Nunavut | This became a official territory in 1999 and only 33,330 people live there |
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