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Canada Geography 1996
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific
Ocean, north of the conterminous US
total 8,893 km, US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
maritime boundary disputes with the US; Saint Pierre and Miquelon is focus
of maritime boundary dispute between Canada and France
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber,
wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas
air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging
forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions
impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming
contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry
activities
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 American interior, and produce most
of the country's rain and snow
international agreements:
party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine
Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94,
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,
Desertification, Law of the Sea
second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between
Russia and US via north polar route; nearly 90% of the population is
concentrated in the region near the US/Canada border
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