Canada - Geography

Coast

Canada has the longest coastline in the world: 243,000 kilometres (151,000 miles). 

Mountains/ Rivers

In eastern Canada, most people live in large urban centres on the flat Saint Lawrence Lowlands. The Saint Lawrence River widens into the world's largest estuary before flowing into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. 

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The gulf is bounded by Newfoundland to the north and the Maritimes to the south. The Maritimes protrude eastward along the Appalachian Mountain range from northern New England and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are divided by the Bay of Fundy, which experiences the world's largest tidal variations. Ontario and Hudson Bay dominate central Canada. West of Ontario, the broad, flat Canadian Prairies spread toward the Rocky Mountains, which separate them from British Columbia. 

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In northwestern Canada, the Mackenzie River flows from the Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean. A tributary the Mackenzie is the South Nahanni River, which is home to Virginia Falls, a waterfall about twice as high as Niagara Falls.

Northern Canadian vegetation tapers from coniferous forests to tundra and finally to the Arctic in the far north. The northern Canadian mainland is ringed with a vast archipelago containing some of the world's largest islands. 

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Regions

Canada's regions harbour a whole wealth of experiences; each with its own unique character, defining geography and cultural uniqueness. The federal union of Canada is a patchwork quilt of 13 distinct provinces & territories. 

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