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Country Fact Sheet - Geography
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Area comparative
somewhat larger than the US
Area
total: 9,984,670 sq km land: 9,093,507 sq km water: 891,163 sq km
Climate
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
Coastline
202,080 km
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
Environment current issues
air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities
Environment international agreements
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Marine Life Conservation
Freshwater withdrawal domestic industrial agricultural
total: 44.72 cu km/yr (20%/69%/12%) per capita: 1,386 cu m/yr (1996)
Geographic coordinates
60 00 N, 95 00 W
Geography note
second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border
Irrigated land
7,850 sq km (2003)
Land boundaries
total: 8,893 km border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
Land use
arable land: 4.57% permanent crops: 0.65% other: 94.78% (2005)
Location
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
Map references
North America
Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Natural hazards
continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and s
Natural resources
iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
Terrain
mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
Total renewable water resources
3,300 cu km (1985)
Source: CIA World Factbook


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