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Français : Carte topographique des Provinces Maritimes du Canada. Projection conique conforme de Lambert ; système géodétique WGS84. Méridien central: 65° O; Parallèle de référence : 45° N; Second parallèle de référence: 48° N; Latitude d'origine : 43° N; Limites géographiques de la carte : Nord : 49.333333; Ouest : -71; Sud ...
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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. [1]
Fifty seven years later they reached the Pacific. European settlement of Canada began in 1583 , 1605 (Port Royal, Nova Scotia), and 1608 (Quebec City). Canada-based Europeans reached the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and the Pacific in 1793, both expeditions led by Alexander Mackenzie.
Canada (/ ˈ k æ n ə d ə /) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean . [ 1 ]
The Indian Ocean drainage basin covers 21,100,000 km 2 (8,100,000 sq mi), virtually identical to that of the Pacific Ocean and half that of the Atlantic basin, or 30% of its ocean surface (compared to 15% for the Pacific). The Indian Ocean drainage basin is divided into roughly 800 individual basins, half that of the Pacific, of which 50% are ...
The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark, by itself, much larger than the combined area of the archipelago) and Iceland (an independent country)
Français : Version SVG calquée sur Image:Carte administrative du Canada.png. Chaque province est découpée indépendamment. Chaque province est découpée indépendamment. English: Basic map of Canada.