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