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Canada occupies a major northern
junshan02 发表于 2012/7/20 10:18:00 |
Canada occupies a major northern portion of moncler, sharing land borders with the to the south and the US state of to the northwest. Canada stretches from the in the east to the in the west; to the north lies the Moncler Jackets. is to the northeast, while is south of .By total area (including its waters), Canada is the in the world, after Russia. By land area alone, Canada . The country lies between latitudes and , and longitudes and .Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between and 141°W , but this claim is not universally recognized. Canada is home to the world's northernmost settlement, , on the northern tip of – latitude 82.5°N – which lies 817 kilometres (508 mi) from the North Pole. Much of the Canadian Arctic is covered by ice and . Canada has the longest coastline in the world, with a total length of 202,080 kilometres (125,570 mi); additionally, its border with the United States is the world's longest land border, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi).
Since the end of the last , Canada has consisted of eight distinct forest regions, including extensive forest on the Canadian Shield. Canada has around 31,700 large lakes, more than any other country, containing much of the world's . There are also fresh-water glaciers in the and the . Canada is geologically active, having many earthquakes and potentially active volcanoes, notably , , , and the . The volcanic eruption of the in 1775 was among Canada's worst natural disasters, killing 2,000 and destroying their village in the valley of northern British Columbia. The eruption produced a 22.5-kilometre (14.0 mi) flow, and, according to Nisga'a legend, blocked the flow of the Nass River. |
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