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2、tates(andEofAlaska)exceptforGreenlandandtheFrenchislandsofSt.PierreandMiquelon.ItisboundedontheEbytheAtlanticOcean,ontheNbytheArcticOcean,andontheWbythePacificOceanandAlaska.Atranscontinentalborder,formedinpartbytheGreatLakes,dividesCanadafromtheUnitedStates;NaresandDavisstr

3、aitsseparateCanadafromGreenland.TheArcticArchipelagoextendsfarintotheArcticOcean.Canadaisafederationof10provinces—NewfoundlandandLabrador,NovaScotia,NewBrunswick,PrinceEdwardIsland,Quebec,Ontario,Manitoba,Saskatchewan,Alberta,andBritishColumbia—andthreeterritories—Nunavut,t

4、heNorthwestTerritories,andtheYukonTerritory.Canada'scapitalisOttawaanditslargestcityisToronto.OtherimportantcitiesincludeMontreal,Vancouver,Edmonton,Calgary,Winnipeg,Hamilton,andQuebec.GeographyBorealforestsprevailontherockyCanadianShield.IceandtundraareprominentintheArctic

5、.GlaciersarevisibleintheCanadianRockiesandCoastMountains.Flatandfertileprairiesfacilitateagriculture.TheGreatLakesfeedtheSaintLawrenceRiver(inthesoutheast),wherelowlandshostmuchofCanada'spopulation.CanadaoccupiesamajornorthernportionofNorthAmerica,sharingthelandborderswitht

6、hecontiguousUnitedStatestothesouthandtheU.S.stateofAlaskatothenorthwest,stretchingfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewest;tothenorthliestheArcticOcean.Bytotalarea(includingitswaters),Canadaisthesecond-largestcountryintheworld,afterRussia.Bylandarea,Canadaran

7、ksfourth.Thecountryliesbetweenlatitudes41°and84°N,andlongitudes52°and141°W.Since1925,CanadahasclaimedtheportionoftheArcticbetween60°and141°Wlongitude,butthisclaimisnotuniversallyrecognized.ThenorthernmostsettlementinCanada(andintheworld)isCanadianForcesStationAlertonthenort

8、herntipofEllesmereIsland—latitude82.5°N—817kilometers(450nauticalmiles,508m