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Satellite view of three Monteregian Hills (Saint Hilaire, Rougemont, and Yamaska) in Saint Lawrence Lowlands Jacques-Cartier River. Quebec's highest point at 1,652 m (5,420 ft) is Mont d'Iberville, known in English as Mount Caubvick, located on the border with Newfoundland and Labrador in the northeastern part of the province, in the Torngat Mountains. [7]
Quebec [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is the largest province by area [b] and located in Central Canada.The province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut.
Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 165 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 62.8° N; S: 44.7° N; W: 81.0° W; E: 56.5° W; Date: 31 August 2009: Source: Own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada; Author: NordNordWest: Permission (Reusing this file)
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The climate in Quebec supports rich deciduous forest in the southern regions, and further north become progressively harsher. In the Saint Lawrence Lowlands there are graduations of climate from southwest to northeast. Changes in elevation can have similar effects to changes in latitude, with plants adapted to cooler conditions found higher up.
Climate change more than doubled the chances of the hot, dry weather that helped fuel the unprecedented wildfire season in eastern Canada that's driven thousands from their homes and blanketed ...
The average temperature in Quebec City ranges from -27 °C (-16.6 °F) in January to 24.7 °C (76.46 °F) in July. The average annual mean temperature is 4.2 °C (39.5 °F). There are, on average 171 days with temperatures freezing or below.
Bar of Quebec – the provincial law society for lawyer s in Quebec (officially known by its French designation: Barreau du Québec) Capital punishment in Quebec: none. Quebec, as with all of Canada, does not have capital punishment. Canada eliminated the death penalty for murder on July 14, 1976. Civil Code of Quebec – composed of ten books: