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CANADA
Location: Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic
Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the
north, north of the conterminous US
Geographic coordinates: 60 00 N, 95 00 W
Area: total: 9,984,670 sq km
Land: 9,093,507 sq km
Water: 891,163 sq km
Land boundaries: total: 8,893 km
Border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
Coastline: 202,080 km
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Climate: varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic
in north
Terrain: mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
Natural resources: iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead,
molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural
gas, hydropower
Geography - note: second-largest country in world (after Russia);
strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90%
of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border
Population: 32,805,041 (July 2005 est.)
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