Canada student of 9aform Ksenofontov roman

1. Presentation subject Canadastudent of 9aform Ksenofontov roman

2. About the country Canada — constitutional monarchy with parliamentary system. The area — 9984 thousand sq.km (the second place in the world). It is washed Atlantic, Silent and Arctic by oceans. Borders on the USA, Denmark and France. The population — 34 million people. The capital — Ottawa. Is the federal state consisting of 10 provinces and 3 territories. Official languages: English and French. Economy: diversified, based on rich natural resources and trade.

3. geography Canada occupies almost all northern half of the continent of North America and numerous islands adjoining it. In the east of the coast of the country washes Atlantic, in the West - Silent, and in the north - the Arctic Ocean. The territory of the country stretches from 83 degrees of a northern latitude in the North (the cape Colombia on Elsmir's island) to 41 degrees of a northern latitude in the South (the island Mild-Aylend for the Lake Erie). The country area - 9984 thousand sq.km.

4. Rivers and lakes In Canada there are more than lakes, than in any other country of the world, it possesses a considerable stock of fresh water. In the east of Canada St. Lavrenti's river flows into St. Lavrenti's gulf, having the largest mouth in the world where there is an island of Newfoundland. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are divided by the Bay of Fundy which is well-known for the highest inflow in the world. Numerous lakes are located to the North from the 60th parallel (largest of which Big Bear and Big Slave lakes) and crossed by the longest river in the country — Mackenzie's river

5. Great Lakes The Great Lakes — system of fresh-water lakes in North America, in the territory of the USA and Canada. Includes a number of the large and average reservoirs connected by the rivers and passages. The area is about 245,2 thousand km ², the volume of water is 22,7 thousand km ³. To actually Great Lakes carry five largest: Top, Guron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario. Some average lakes are connected with them. Lakes belong to the basin of the Atlantic Ocean. Drain down the river Sacred Lavrenti.

6. Niagara Falls Niagara Falls — the general name of three falls on the Niagara River separating the American state New York from the Canadian province of Ontario. The Niagara falls — it is the falls "Horseshoe" sometimes in addition called by the Canadian falls, the American falls and falls "the Veil ́". Though the height difference also isn't so great, falls are very wide, and on the volume of water passing through it Niagara Falls — the most powerful in North America. Height of falls makes 53 meters. The bottom of the American falls covers a heap of stones, because of what its visible height — only 21 meters. Width of the American falls — 323 meter, falls "Horseshoe" — 792 meters. The volume of falling water reaches 5700 and more than a m ³ / page.

7. flora The vegetation is presented: the deciduous woods mixed by the woods, a taiga, the tundra, the Arctic deserts of the North. The northern part of Canada is covered with the tundra which gets far to the South. Here grow heather, a sedge, a shrubby birch and a willow. To the South from the tundra the wide strip of the woods was stretched. Coniferous forests prevail; the main breeds — a black fir-tree in the east and a white fir-tree in the West, a pine, a larch, a thuja, etc. Less widespread deciduous woods consist of a poplar, an alder, a birch and a willow. The woods near the Great Lakes (the American elm, веймутова a pine, Canadian Zug, an oak, a chestnut, a beech) are especially various. Coniferous forests are widespread on the Pacific coast from a duglasovy, sitkhinsky fir-tree, an Alaskan and red cedar); about Vancouver the tree strawberry and an Oregon oak meet. In seaside priatlantichesky provinces — the akadsky woods with a balsam fir, a black and red fir-tree; also cedar, American larch, yellow birch, beech.

8. fauna The reindeer, polar hare, lemming, polar fox and original musky musk ox are found in a zone of the tundra. To the south the fauna is more various — the forest cariboo, a red deer of the wapiti, an elk, in mountain areas — a ram толсторог and a snow goat. Rodents are quite numerous: the Canadian squirrel чикари, a chipmunk, American летяга, a beaver, a prygunchik from family of jerboas, a muskrat, a porcupine — иглошерст, a meadow and American hare, a creeper. From cat's predators for Canada — the Canadian lynx and a puma. Wolves, foxes, gray bear — a grizzly, a raccoon-poloskun are found. From the marten — a sable, black fox, an otter, a glutton, etc. It is a lot of nesting migratory birds and a game bird. The fauna of reptiles and amphibious is rather poor. In fresh-water reservoirs there is a lot of fish.

9. State system Canada — the state entering into the British Commonwealth, and formally the head of state is the English queen. The official representative of the queen in Canada is the governor general. Canada — is parliamentary federal system with democratic tradition. The legislature is presented by Parliament. Executive power is carried out by the Government of its Majesty — Privy Council. The Supreme carrier of executive power is the queen. Judicial authority in the country belongs to the queen and Royal vessels.

10. population of people Canada is rather poorly populated. Population density (about 3,5 people on 1 km ²) is one of the lowest in the world. Population of Canada about 34 million people. The most occupied area of the country — is a corridor Quebec-Windsor along flat river banks of St. Lavrenti and in the southeast of the Great Lakes. Population bulk - descendants of immigrants from Europe: Anglo-Saxons, frankokanadets, Germans, Italians, Ukrainians, Dutches, etc. The indigenous people - Indians and Eskimos - during colonization was pushed aside to the north.

11. culture Many elements of the Canadian culture are very close to culture of the USA, including cinema, television, clothes, the dwelling, private transport, consumer goods and food. Despite it, Canada possesses own unique culture. In commemoration of that Canada is populated with the people of a various origin, the policy of multiculturalism is widespread in the country from 1960th years. It is possible to find elements in the Canadian cities from cultures of the whole world; in many cities there are quarters with prevalence of any ethnic minority (for example, the Chinese, Italian, Portuguese quarters in Toronto and Montreal), are regularly held the festivals devoted to cultures of the different countries. Seaside provinces keep Celtic folklore of Irish and Scots which at the same time is well combined with the gallo-Romance subjects of Celtic Gallia prevailing in Akady and in Quebec. Influence of indigenous people of Canada is also noticeable: in many places it is possible to meet huge totemic columns and other objects of art of indigenous people. The French-speaking population of Canada is considerably allocated. It gives special specifics to character of Canada; Montreal is the most important center of French-speaking culture in America.