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23 Cards in this Set
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Canada |
The second largest country in the world |
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The Canadian North |
One of the least used and most deserted areas in the world |
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Artic Islands |
The largest of the islands surrounding Canada. Tundra and ice cap climate |
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Artic Islands include: |
Baffin Island, Victoria Island, and Ellesmere Island |
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Island of Newfoundland |
Off the Pacific east coast in the northern Atlantic |
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Vancouver Island |
Tee hee largest island on North America's west coast |
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Captain George Vancouver |
Vancouver Island was named after him |
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Has the longest coastline of any country in the world |
Canada |
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Hudson Bay |
The world's largest bay |
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Canadian Shield |
A horseshoe shaped region that covers about half of the nation, from Labrador in the northeast to the Artic Ocean in the northern west. |
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Gulf of St Lawrence |
Inland sea between the islands and the mainland discovered by the early explorers |
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St Lawrence Seaway |
Largest inland seaway in the world |
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St Lawrence River |
Highway river into the continent with broad and deep waters |
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Great Lakes |
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Eire, and Lake Ontario |
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Great Lakes |
Largest group of freshwater lakes in the world. They contain approximately 1/5 of the earth's water supply |
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Niagara Falls |
One of the world's most beautiful falls. More water flows here per second than any other waterfall in the world |
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Lake Superior |
By itself, the largest freshwater lake in the world |
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Great Bear Lake |
Northern territory on the Artic Circle. Is the world's 7th largest freshwater lake and the largest lake entirely within Canada |
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Great Slave Lake |
Farther south, the world's 9th largest freshwater lake. Frozen eight months of the year |
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Mackenzie River |
Canada's longest river |
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Western Cordillera |
Mountain chain which reaches from the southern tip of South America to the Artic Circle |
Cordillera is spanish word for mountain range |
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Canadian Rockies |
Important range in western cordillera |
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Appalachian Mountains |
East. These mountains stretches from the southern United States north through the providences of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia |
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