The maximum heights of peaks in the region range between 5,000 and 6,000 meters. Mr. Logan (6,050) m
Occupying the entire northern half of the continent except Alaska in the north- west, Canada is the world's second largest country after the Russian Republic. The country has a very long land border with the United States in the south and in the north-west. The Great Lakes excluding Lake Michigan are shared by both the North America and note the extent of the country in latitudes and longitudes.
Physical Features
Study the physical map of Canada and note that the Canadian Shield dominates the country's topography. The shield is a low plateau extending over almost half level plain. Like Siberia, this region also a very large number of lakes on it. There are many swamps too, in this area.
Note the Labrador Plateau in the east. The Appalachian Highlands continue northwards into this area to make the Labrador highlands. These highlands consist of rounded hills and undulating plains. The western part of the country is occupied by the Rockies and by the plateaus of the Western Cordilleras. The maximum heights of peaks in the region range between 5,000 and 6,000 meters. Mr. Logan (6,050) m is a high peak near the border.
Between the Rocky Mountains and the shield lie the central plains which are known here as the Canadian Prairies. Plains are mostly flat and possess deep, dark soil. The lowlands or plains of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River lie south -east of the shield.
The great St. Lawrence is one of the busiest waterways. The longest river in Canada is the Mackenzie, which flows into the Arctic Ocean.
Climate and Vegetation
Canada is a cold country. Summers are generally short and cool, but the long winters are extremely cold. Severe Snow-storms with bitterly cold and strong winds are fairly common in winter in polar and sub-polar regions. These storms or blizzards often keep people indoors for days together.
The winter in the north may be as long as eleven months. Even in the south, the winters winter last for seven months, leaving a very small growing season for crops.
On the pacific coastal belt the winter are mild because of the influence of the warm North Pacific Drift. The Westernizes blowing on-shore over the warm current, bring abundant rain to this area all the year round. But east of the Rocky Mountains, they bring littlie rain. The eastern slopes of the Rockies and the adjacent plains are, thus left dry.
The northern tundra region is a bleak ice desert. A few mosses and lichens growing here and there sustain the sparse animal's population consisting of the musk-ox, elk and reindeer to as caribou.
South of the tundra's, small stunted coniferous trees being to appear, which further south became the vast belt of the taiga. Taiga in Russian means "a marshy forest belt. Spruce, fir, larch, hemlock and pine are some of the common tars found in the Canadian taiga. The taiga Canada occupies an area which is equal to the total area of Indian.
The rich grass land of the prairies lie south of the taiga belt. These extend from the Lake Winnipeg unto the Rocky Mountains in the west. It is on these plains that Canada has its wheat fields and rears its beef cattle.
Physical Features
Study the physical map of Canada and note that the Canadian Shield dominates the country's topography. The shield is a low plateau extending over almost half level plain. Like Siberia, this region also a very large number of lakes on it. There are many swamps too, in this area.
Note the Labrador Plateau in the east. The Appalachian Highlands continue northwards into this area to make the Labrador highlands. These highlands consist of rounded hills and undulating plains. The western part of the country is occupied by the Rockies and by the plateaus of the Western Cordilleras. The maximum heights of peaks in the region range between 5,000 and 6,000 meters. Mr. Logan (6,050) m is a high peak near the border.
Between the Rocky Mountains and the shield lie the central plains which are known here as the Canadian Prairies. Plains are mostly flat and possess deep, dark soil. The lowlands or plains of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River lie south -east of the shield.
The great St. Lawrence is one of the busiest waterways. The longest river in Canada is the Mackenzie, which flows into the Arctic Ocean.
Climate and Vegetation
Canada is a cold country. Summers are generally short and cool, but the long winters are extremely cold. Severe Snow-storms with bitterly cold and strong winds are fairly common in winter in polar and sub-polar regions. These storms or blizzards often keep people indoors for days together.
The winter in the north may be as long as eleven months. Even in the south, the winters winter last for seven months, leaving a very small growing season for crops.
On the pacific coastal belt the winter are mild because of the influence of the warm North Pacific Drift. The Westernizes blowing on-shore over the warm current, bring abundant rain to this area all the year round. But east of the Rocky Mountains, they bring littlie rain. The eastern slopes of the Rockies and the adjacent plains are, thus left dry.
The northern tundra region is a bleak ice desert. A few mosses and lichens growing here and there sustain the sparse animal's population consisting of the musk-ox, elk and reindeer to as caribou.
South of the tundra's, small stunted coniferous trees being to appear, which further south became the vast belt of the taiga. Taiga in Russian means "a marshy forest belt. Spruce, fir, larch, hemlock and pine are some of the common tars found in the Canadian taiga. The taiga Canada occupies an area which is equal to the total area of Indian.
The rich grass land of the prairies lie south of the taiga belt. These extend from the Lake Winnipeg unto the Rocky Mountains in the west. It is on these plains that Canada has its wheat fields and rears its beef cattle.