Read the information, listen and learn words and expressions about geography of Canada.
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- Lakes
Canada has more than 31,700 big lakes that are over 300 ha. big. In fact more than half of all the lakes in the world are located in Canada!
The country also has two of the biggest lakes in the world: Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake.
The country also has two of the biggest lakes in the world: Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake.
The Great Bear Lake is a lake in the Canadian boreal forest. It is the largest lake entirely in Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron straddling the Canada–US border are larger), the fourth-largest in North America, and the eighth-largest in the world. The lake is in the Northwest Territories, and it is 156 m above sea level.
Great Bear Lake — [ˌɡreɪt ˌbeər ˈleɪk] — Greitbērleiks (Lielais Lāča ezers)
The Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 metres and the tenth-largest lake in the world. The lake shares its name with the First Nations peoples called Slavey.
Great Slave Lake — [ˌɡreɪt ˌsleɪv ˈleɪk] — Greitsleivleiks
- The Mackenzie River
The Mackenzie River is a river in the Canadian forest. It is the longest river system in Canada, and includes the second largest basin in North America after the Mississippi. The Mackenzie River flows through a vast, thinly populated region of forest and tundra. The river's main stream is 1,738 kilometres long, flowing north-northwest from Great Slave Lake into the Arctic Ocean.
the Mackenzie River — [ˌmæk ˈkenzi] — Makenzi upe
- Mount Logan
Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America, after Denali. It is 5,959 metres high. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada. Mount Logan is located in Kluane National Park Reserve in southwestern Yukon, less than 40 kilometres north of the Yukon–Alaska border.
Mount Logan — [maʊnt ˈloʊɡən] — Logana kalns