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St. Charles High School Vakola Santacruz East Mumbai India Magazine - 2019-2020

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Spain is a western country. Almost every aspect of Spanish life is permeated by

its Roman heritage, making Spain one of the major Latin countries of Europe.

Canada

Compiled by-

Humaira Chougule X C

Canada is a country in the northern part of North

America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend

from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the

Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres

(3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by

total area. Its southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891

kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Canada's

capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto,

Montreal, and Vancouver.

The fauna of Canada can be grouped into

mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds, and

insects. Canada is known for its mammals such as

American bison, Arctic hare, badger, beaver, black

bear, bobcat, little brown bat, Canada lynx, reindeer

(caribou), coyote, grizzly bears, wolf, red fox,

lemming, meadow mice, moose, mountain lion, mule deer, musk ox, muskrat,

polar bear, porcupine, prairie dog, pronghorn, raccoon, pinniped (seal), skunk,

snowshoe hare, walrus, wapiti, weasel, whale, white tailed deer, wolverine. To

name a few of the birds identified with Canada would be the American robin,

Bicknell's thrush, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, burrowing owl, Canada

goose, canvasback, downy woodpecker, Canada jay, great blue heron, great

horned owl, greater snow goose, killdeer, loons, piping plover, purple martin,

ruby-throated hummingbird, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, and

whooping crane. The biology survey of Canada

cites that there are approximately 55,000 species

of insects, and 11,000 species of mites .

According to environment Canada the nation of

Canada hosts approximately 17,000 identified

species of trees, flowers, herbs, ferns, mosses and

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