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  2. Natural Resources Canada - Wikipedia

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    Natural Resources Canada ( NRCan; French: Ressources naturelles Canada; RNCan) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping, and remote sensing. It was formed in 1994 by amalgamating the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources with the ...

  3. National Topographic System - Wikipedia

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    The National Topographic System or NTS is the system used by Natural Resources Canada for providing general purpose topographic maps of the country. NTS maps are available in a variety of scales, the standard being 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scales. [1] The maps provide details on landforms and terrain, lakes and rivers, forested areas ...

  4. Geography of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The National Topographic System is used by Natural Resources Canada for providing general purpose topographic maps of the country. The maps provide details on landforms and terrain, lakes and rivers, forested areas, administrative zones, populated areas, roads and railways, as well as other man-made features. [22]

  5. Canadian Shield - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Shield is a broad region of Precambrian rock (pictured in shades of red) that encircles Hudson Bay. It spans eastern, northeastern, and east-central Canada and the upper midwestern United States. The Canadian Shield ( French: Bouclier canadien [buklje kanadjɛ̃] ), also called the Laurentian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau, is a ...

  6. Geographical Names Board of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Geographical Names Board of Canada ( GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada .

  7. List of ecoregions in Canada (WWF) - Wikipedia

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    The terrestrial ecoregions of Canada are all within the Nearctic realm, which includes most of North America. The Nearctic, together with Eurasia's Palearctic realm, constitutes the Holarctic realm of the Northern Hemisphere. British Columbia is the most biodiverse province with 18 ecoregions across 4 biomes.

  8. North American Environmental Atlas - Wikipedia

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    North American Environmental Atlas. The North American Environmental Atlas is an interactive mapping tool created through a partnership of government agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States, along with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a trilateral international organization created under the North American Agreement on ...

  9. Athabasca oil sands - Wikipedia

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    Athabasca oil sands. / 57.02; -111.65. The Athabasca oil sands, also known as the Athabasca tar sands, are large deposits of bitumen, a heavy and viscous form of petroleum, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada. These reserves are one of the largest sources of unconventional oil in the world, making Canada a significant player in the global ...

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