备课资料FurtherreadingCanadaissituatedinthenorthernhalfoftheNorthAmericancontinentintheWesternHemisphere.Tothesouth,itsharesan8892kmboundarywiththeUnitedStates.Ontheothersides,Canadaissurroundedbywater:tothenorthofthecountryistheArcticOcean;totheeastistheAtlanticOceanandtothewestisthePacificOcean.Thetotalareais9970610squarekilometers,whichmakesitthesecondlargestcountryintheworldafterRussia.Incomparison,itismorethanfortytimesthesizeofBritain,oreighteentimesthatofFrance.Fromeasttowest,itcoverssixtimezones.TheeasternmostinNewfoundland,isthreehoursand30minutesbehindGreenwichMeanTime(GMT).TheothertimezonesaretheAtlantic,theEastern,theCentral,theRockyMountainsand,farthestwest,thePacific,whichiseighthoursbehindGMT.Asweallknow,Canadahasmanylakes.Infact,thereareprobablymorelakesinCanadathaninanyothercountryintheworld.Ithasbeenestimatedthatlakescoveralmost8percentofitstotalarea;andithasone-seventhoftheworld’sfreshwater.InadditiontotheGreatLakes,whichitshareswiththeUnitedStates,Canadahasmanylargeriversandlakes.GreatBearLakeintheNorthwestTerritoriesisthelargestlakesituatedentirelyinCanada;itsareais31326squarekilometers.ThelongestriveristheMackenzieRiver.Ithasalengthof4241kilometers.TheRockyMountains,theCoastalMountainsandanumberofotherrangesrunnorthtosouth.MountLogan(5951m)intheYukonisCanada’stallestpeak.Canadaisafederationofprovinces.Itismadeupof10provincesand2territories,eachwithitsowncapitalcity(inbrackets):Alberta(Edmonton),BritishColumbia(Victoria),PrinceEdwardIsland(Charlottetown),Manitoba(Winnipeg),NewBrunswick(Fredericton),NovaScotia(Halifax),Ontario(Toronto),Quebec(QuebecCity),Saskatchewan(Regina),Newfoundland(StJohn’s),NorthwestTerritories(Yellowknife)andYukonTerritory(Whitehorse).Thecapitalcity,Ottawa,isintheprovinceofOntario.