Canadian Geographical location clearly characterize words of its national motto "from sea to sea" (in Latin «mari usque ad mare»).It is the only country which borders the shore washed by three oceans: the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic.Canada is the second largest country in the world, distinguished by its diversity, multiformity, diversity of landscapes and natural areas.
General
Canada in the form of government - federal state.Its composition is 10 provinces, the combined Canadian constitution (Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Lambrador, New Brunswick, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) and 3 territories (Yukon, North West Territories,Nunavut).The capital of Canada - Ottawa - located in the province of Ontario.Official national languages - English and French.
Economic-geographical situation of Canada defined proximity of international transport routes, which contributed a lot to accelerate the development of its territory and the development of the economy, stimulated trade relations with other countries and it attracted immigrants.
State area 9,984,670 km² covers almost the entire north of the mainland of North America and takes Arctic Archipelago, one of the largest in the world.The country covers 1/12 of the total land area of the planet, making it a coastline equal to three of the equator, the longest in the world.
population of Canada in relation to its vast territory is insignificant - 32.2 million. People representing different races and cultures.90% of them reside in the territory of the southern regions, mainly stretching along the border with the United States.A large part of Canada are unsuitable for human habitation, including far beyond the Arctic Circle, the northern suburbs.
geographical position of Canada, has a vast territory with beautiful landscapes, unusual.On land it borders only with the United States, maritime borders separated it in the northeast of Greenland, and in the east - from the French islands of Miquelon and Saint Pierre in the Atlantic Ocean.In the north of Canada extends beyond the Arctic circle.There is a large number of polar islands, Devon, Banks, Victoria, Ellesmere Island, Newfoundland, Baffin Island, and others.In this region it is located Nunavut, Yukon, North West Territories.This is called the Canadian Arctic.
physiographic regions
complex and contrasting physical and geographic location of Canada helped to create variegation vegetation and variety of vegetation types.It is located in the zone arctic desert, tundra, mixed forests, taiga, steppe.Country divided into several natural regions: the Appalachian Mountains and the Arctic, Canadian Shield, inland valleys, intermountain regions, Pacific Mountain System.
Country wide expanses
northern areas of the Appalachians reach the Maritime provinces, eastern Quebec and reach Newfoundland.The geographical position of Canada, this mountainous region, especially the contrast.Here are concentrated the ancient rocks of different ages.In much of the region extending folded mountains, consisting of longitudinal ridges, peaks are covered with glaciers.The high plateaus separated by wide valleys.A distinctive feature of the region is considered to be the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the largest estuary on the ground, coupled with the ocean straits.
Laurentian Plateau occupies a large part of the country and is part of an ancient crystalline Canadian Shield.This is unsuitable for human habitation region of the country, but within it there are thousands of lakes and Hudson Bay, is a kind of an inland sea, and rich deposits of almost all elements of the periodic table.
As part of the Canadian Shield is often seen on the North Slope of Alaska and the northern Hudson Bay Lowlands, whose surface is mostly constrained by permafrost.There are the great lakes of Canada - Great Slave and Great Bear, each of which is connected to the country's longest river Mackenzie, collecting most of the water flows of the rivers of the Arctic watershed.
Bordering on the west by the Canadian Shield Great Plains are the breadbasket of Canada.It developed the production of wheat and cattle grazing.Region captures the Prairie provinces and reaches the Pacific coast, where stretches of the one of the greatest mountain systems of the earth, often called a mountainous country - Cordillera.Within Canada, they are divided into the Coast Range and the Rocky Mountains, where he developed the richest mineral deposits.
Dreamland
geographical position of Canada, stretching through several natural areas of the arctic desert, occupying almost the entire Arctic Archipelago and Greenland, to the steppe and steppe, covering the Great Plains, has determined the diversity and richness of its natural environment and resources.This was a favorable factor in the development of the economic state of the country.And the availability of access to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans favored raising its status in international relations and key international organizations nearby regions.
high standard of living, well-developed economy, the education system and health care, clean and safe, modern city, a lot of different cultures - it is not the whole list of advantages that distinguish Canada.In 1992, the UN declared it "the most attractive country for human life."
