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Forest abundant in forest resources Approximately 39% of Canada is covered with forest , which makes Canada the largest country to have such a high forest cover rate Mountain The area is covered by mountain ranges from north to south including the Rocky Mountain Mount Logan the highest peak in Canada, which is located in the southwestern part of the Yukon Territory at 5,959 meters 落基山脉（Rocky Mountain ) 洛根峰（Mount Logan）：加拿大最高峰 Climate A typical continental climate Cold winters Hot summers Sparse rainfall Wide region variations＆Factors that lead the climate warm ocean current The Pacific Region moist winds mild summers ,high humidity ,abundant rainfall The Atlantic Region----cold winter, hot summer ,sparse precipitation Canada Canada Chapter 1 Geography Geography Location and size Location Canada occupies a major northern portion of North America, sharing the land borders with the United States to the south and the Alaska to the northwest; stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean Size 9.97million square kilometers 1) Area: 9,984,670 km2 Canada is the second largest country in the world ten provinces three territories two fifths of the North American continent 2)sprawl of territory North to south – from the North Pole to the 45th parallel East to west – stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean Canadas geographical location North :Arctic ocean South: United states West: Atlantic ocean East: north Atlantic ocean Geographic regions Five geographic regions Canada can be divided into five geographic regions, a