Geography of Canada

Overview of the geography of Canada

Placegeography of geographic locationQ2939

Also known as Canada geography

Country: Canada

Overview

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Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean. Greenland is to the northeast, with a shared border on Tartupaluk/Hans Island. To the southeast Canada shares a maritime boundary with France's overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the last vestige of New France. By total area, Canada is the second-largest country in the world, after Russia. By land area alone, however, Canada ranks fourth, the difference being due to it having the world's largest proportion of freshwater lakes. Of Canada's 13 provinces and territories, only two are landlocked, while the other 11 all directly border one of three oceans.

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Subclass of: geography of North America applies to part: Canada
Facet of: Canada
Related category: Category:Lists of landforms of Canada category contains: landforms list

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45.4000, -75.6667OpenStreetMap ↗

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