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1、........CanadaCanadaisaNorthAmericancountryconsistingoftenprovincesandthreeterritories.Locatedinthenorthernpartofthecontinent,itextendsfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewestandnorthwardintotheArcticOcean.Itistheworld'ssecondlargestcountr
2、ybytotalarea.Canada'scommonborderwiththeUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestisthelongestintheworld.CanadaoccupiesamajornorthernportionofNorthAmerica,sharingthelandborderswiththecontiguousUnitedStatestothesouthandtheU.S.stateofAlaskatothenorthwest,stretchin
3、gfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewest;tothenorthliesthe参考.资料........ArcticOcean.Bytotalarea(includingitswaters),Canadaisthesecond-largestcountryintheworld,afterRussia.Bylandarea,Canadaranksfourth.Canadahasonethirdoftheworld'ssupplyoffr
4、eshwater.Therearefivegreatlakesinthesouth,andtherearemanyothers,especiallyinthenorth.Mostoftheelectricityisproducedbywater.Thecountryhasagreatdealofcoal,oilandnaturalgas,andtheseareallexploitedforenergy.Muchofthecountryiscoveredbyforests,andwoodiscutands
5、oldallovertheworld.Canadaisalsotheworld'sbiggestproducerofthekindofpaperwhichisusedfornewspapers.FishingisalsoveryimportantforCanadians.Fishfromeastandwestcoastsissoldtomanyothercountries.About40%oftheCanadianpopulationareofBritishdescent,while27%areofFr
6、enchorigin.Another20%areofotherEuropeanbackground,about10%areAsianorigin,andsome3%areofaboriginalorMétis(mixedaboriginalandEuropean)background.Canadaisafederationoftenprovinces(Alberta,BritishColumbia,Manitoba,NewBrunswick,NewfoundlandandLabrador,NovaSco
7、tia,Ontario,PrinceEdwardIsland,Quebec,andSaskatchewan)andthreeterritories(参考.资料........NorthwestTerritories,Yukon,andNunavut).ItisgovernedasaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutionalmonarchywithQueenElizabethIIasitsheadofstate.Oneoftheworld'shighlydevelop
8、edcountries,Canadahasadiversifiedeconomythatisreliantuponitsabundantnaturalresourcesandupontrade—particularlywiththeUnitedStates,withwhichCanadahashadalongandcomplexrelationship.ItisamemberoftheG7,G8,G20,NATO,OECD,WTO,Comm