Canada Презентация к урокам английского языка (УМК О.В.Афанасьева, И.В. Михеева)

Canada

Canada

Some facts

Canada

Canada Canada is an independent federative state. It is one of the most developed countries.

Canada It is situated on the North American continent. In size Canada is the second in the world after Russia. Its area is almost 10 million km2.

Canada Canada is washed by the Pacific Ocean in the West, by the Atlantic Ocean in the East, and by the Arctic Ocean in the North. The country is very big and occupies the territory from the Great Lakes in the South to the Arctic Circle in the North.

Mountains The Ricky Mountains and the Coast Mountains run along the Pacific Coast. The Western Cordillera is famous for the country’s highest mountain, Mount Logan, 5951 metres high.

Rivers Canada has three of 20 world’s largest rivers: -the St. Lawrence River, - the Mackenzie, - the Yukon.

The Great Lakes The Great Lakes are situated along the boundary between Canada and the USA. They include 5 lakes: the Huron, the Ontario, the Michigan, the Erie and the Superior.

Canada Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories.

Languages Official languages of Canada are English and French. Nearly 60 percent of the population speak English and 27 percent speak French.

Ottawa The capital of the country is Ottawa, but the largest city is Toronto.

Ottawa Ottawa is famous for its beautiful parks. It is also known as the city of bridges.

Montreal Other prominent cities are Montreal, Calgary, Quebec and Vancouver.

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls in Ontario is perhaps the first sight that people picture when thinking of Canada.

Symbols Canada is often called “the land of the maple leaf” because a maple leaf is the national symbol of the country. It became an emblem of Canada in 1836. Today the maple leaf appears on one cent coin. Red and white are Canada’s official colours. These colours are the symbolic elements shown in the Canadian flag. The National Flag of Canada, well-known as “the maple leaf”, is a red 11-pointed maple leaf in the centre on a white field. The beaver became the official emblem of Canada in 1975.

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