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1、Canada英语国家概况英语国家概况Chapter14GeographyandHistoryCanada英语国家概况GeographyIHistoryIICONTENTGeographyI1.2GeographicRegionsandClimate1.1LocationandSize1.3MajorCities1.1LocationandSize1.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsiscorrectaboutCanada?thesecondlargestcountryintheworldlocatedinth

2、eNorthAmericancontinentAtlanticintheeast,Pacificinthewest,ArcticOceantothenorthsharelandborderswiththeUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestCanadahasthelongestcoastlineintheworld.√√√√√1.2GeographicRegionsandClimate2.HowmanygeographicregionscanCanadabedividedinto?TheAtlanticRegi

3、onTheCentralRegionThePrairieRegionThePacificRegionTheNorthernRegion3.Canada’svastterritoryanduniquetopographyresultinaclimatewithwideregionalvariations.Canyoufigureoutwhattheweatherislikeintheaboveregions?acontinentalclimateamoderateclimatecoldwinter,hotsummer,sparseprecipi

4、tationtemperaturebelowzeroforsevenmonths1.3MajorCities—OttawathecapitalofCanadathecountry'sfourthlargestcitylocatedintheOttawaValleyliesonthebanksoftheOttawaRiverahumidcontinentalclimatetheseventhcoldestcapitalintheworldbyannualaveragetemperature,butranksthethirdbymeanofJan

5、uarytemperaturenickname:Bytown(Left)AhouseisbarelyvisiblefrombeneaththeheavyOttawasnowfall.1.3MajorCities—TorontolocatedonthenorthwesternshoreofLakeOntariothelargestcityinCanadatheprovincialcapitalofOntarioCanada’sfinancialcapitalthefifthmostpopulousmunicipalityinNorthAmeri

6、caranked14thintheworldwithover4milliontouristarrivalsayearahumidcontinentalclimateoneofthesafestmajorcitiesinNorthAmericawithalowcrimerate1.3MajorCities—Toronto(cont.)thetallesttowerinthewesternhemisphere,theworld'ssecondtallestfreestandingstructure1.3MajorCities—Montrealth

7、esecondlargestcityinCanadathelargestcityintheCanadianprovinceofQuebecusedtobethelargestcityinCanadaandtheindustrialandfinancialcentreofCanadaTheofficiallanguageofMontrealisFrench.thelargestFrench-speakingcityinNorthAmerica,andsecondintheworldafterParishumidcontinentalclimat

8、eMontreal'sUndergroundCitythelargestundergroundcomplexintheworld1.3MajorCities—Van