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fiogf49gjkf0d THE SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, TAKING UP THE NORTHERN TWO FIFTHS OF NORTH AMERICA AND COVERING APPROXIMATELY 9,959,219 SQ. KM. THE LENGTH OF CANADA FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IS ALMOST 4600KM. CANADA IS SURROUNDED TO THE NORTH BY THE ARCTIC OCEAN, TO THE SOUTH BY THE USA, TO THE WEST BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE STATE OF ALASKA, AND FINALLY TO THE EAST BY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE THE COUNTRY INTO TWO GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. THE FIRST BEING THE LARGE INTERIOR LOWLAND REGION, COVERING A LARGE AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND INCLUDING THE CANADIAN SHIELD, THE GREAT LAKES - ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS. THE SECOND BEING A LARGE RANGE OF HIGHLANDS MADE UP OF THE INNUTIAN MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS.
THE CANADIAN SHIELD IS THE LARGEST AREA OF THE COUNTRY, IT HAS A MONOTONOUS LANDSCAPE WITH LOW RELIEF, RARELY REACHING 600M. THE WESTERN REGION IS MARKED BY A CHAIN OF LAKES FROM THE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TOWARDS LAKE SUPERIOR. THE GREAT LAKES ARE SITUATED IN THE AREA EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO TO NORTHERN ONTARIO, ALONG THE BORDER WITH THE USA. THE GREAT LAKES ARE LAKE ONTARIO, LAKE ERIE, LAKE HURON, LAKE SUPERIOR AND LAKE MICHIGAN. ALL OF THE GREAT LAKES, EXCEPT FOR LAKE MICHIGAN ARE ON THE CANADA/USA BORDER. THE MAIN HIGHLANDS ARE IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE CORDILLERA, WITH MANY PEAKS REACHING 4,500M AND MT. LOGAN REACHING 5,951M.
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