GEOG 2075 Lecture 5: Geography Lecture Notes 5
6 Jan 2020
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Canada is the second largest country on earth. It has three ocean borders: the pacific ocean in the west the atlantic ocean in the east the arctic ocean to the north. Canada borders the united states in the south and in the northwest. Canada has many different types of landscape, including: Arctic tundra where the ground is permanently frozen. Canada is also home to many rivers and lakes. The atlas of canada has information on canada"s geography and climate. You can also see the weather forecasts for every city and town in canada. Winter is very cold in most places with temperatures often below zero degrees celsius. Snow covers the ground from around december to march or april. In southwest british columbia (around victoria and vancouver), rain is more common in winter than snow. Depending on where you"re immigrating from, you may be quite surprised by the cold and snow during your first canadian winter.
