Natural resource

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Rivers

Geography of Canada

Canada spans an immense territory between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Arctic Ocean to the north, with the United States to the south and northwest (Alaska), and the Arctic Ocean to the north; Greenland is to the northeast. Canada is divided into different section. There are 11 provinces: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,Prince Edward Island (PEI), New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia. And there are 3 territories: Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut.

Canada's two greatest rivers are the St. Lawrence 1,197 km (744 mi), which drains the Great Lakes and empties into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Mackenzie4,241 km (2,635 mi), which empties into the Arctic Ocean and drains a large part of northwestern Canada. While the St. Lawrence is the largest river in Canada in volume of water discharged at its mouth, the Mackenzie is the longest. The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The river is 3,190 km (1,980 miles) long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Major resource-based industries are fisheries, forestry, agriculture, petroleum products and mining. Canada's mineral resources are diverse and extensive. Across the Canadian Shield and in the north there are large iron, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, and uranium reserves. Large diamond concentrations have been recently developed in the Arctic, making Canada one of the world's largest producers.