Report: Canada
Geography:
Covering most of the northern part of the North American continent and with an area
larger than that of the United States, Canada has an extremely varied topography. In
the east, the mountainous maritime provinces have an irregular coastline on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic. The St. Lawrence plain, covering most of southern
Quebec and Ontario, and the interior continental plain, covering southern Manitoba
and Saskatchewan and most of Alberta, are the principal cultivable areas. They are
separated by a forested plateau rising from Lakes Superior and Huron.
Westward toward the Pacific, most of British Columbia, the Yukon, and part of
western Alberta are covered by parallel mountain ranges, including the Rockies. The
Pacific border of the coast range is ragged with fjords and channels. The highest point
in Canada is Mount Logan (6,050 m), which is in the Yukon. The two principal river
systems are the Mackenzie and the St. Lawrence. The St. Lawrence, with its
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